Pyralidae

62.004 Rice Moth Lamoria cephalonica (Stainton, 1866)

Adventive

Similar species:

Forewing: 7 to 10mm

Habitats: The species is synanthropic. Food storage warehouses.

Habits: The moth is nocturnal. It can be found resting on the walls inside warehouses containing stored dry foods. It comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds from a silk tube on dried fruits, nuts, maize, nutmeg, rice, cereal, cacao and chocolate. It pupates often gregariously, in a thick white cocoon near the foodstuff.