Indian-Meal Moth
Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Identification: Forewing base tan to gray with greenish tint when fresh, fading after death. Outer part dull reddish brown, crossed by irregular, inconspicuous, shiny lead-colored lines. Hindwing translucent dirty whitish with grayish brown terminal line.
Wing Span: 1.1-1.6 cm.
Life History: A major pest of grains, grain products, and dried vegetable products. All stages of the life cycle may be found indoors all year. The moth flies to lights outside in warm months.
Flight:
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Habitat:
Range: Originally native to South America but now occurs worldwide because of the transporting of corn meal.
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Comments: NULL
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 129 verified sightings
Observation date: Mar 27, 2020
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 15, 2021
Observation date: Sep 13, 2020
Submitted by: MarkNenadov
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jan 29, 2021
Observation date: Apr 13, 2020
Submitted by: jnchandler
Region: Aiken County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jan 10, 2021
Observation date: Dec 22, 2020
Submitted by: Ohio97
Region: Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: Ohio97
Verified date: Dec 23, 2020
Observation date: Oct 11, 2020
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Northampton County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 13, 2020
Observation date: Oct 01, 2020
Submitted by: klebo
Region: Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 03, 2020
Observation date: Jun 24, 2020
Submitted by: Benjamin Miller
Region: Knox County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 23, 2020
Observation date: Jun 27, 2020
Submitted by: cskipper
Region: Garrett County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 01, 2020
Observation date: Apr 20, 2020
Submitted by: SusanPotomac
Region: Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Apr 20, 2020
Observation date: Jan 08, 2020
Submitted by: Betsy Higgins
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Apr 19, 2020
Observation date: Jul 20, 2019
Submitted by: A_baldini
Region: Larimer County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: A_baldini
Verified date: Mar 09, 2020
Observation date: Jul 20, 2019
Submitted by: AnnainOK
Region: Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Feb 05, 2020
Observation date: Jan 25, 2020
Submitted by: Stephen G.
Region: Benton County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: Stephen G.
Verified date: Jan 26, 2020
Observation date: Dec 06, 2019
Submitted by: JMJaskula
Region: Boone County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 29, 2019
Observation date: Oct 18, 2019
Submitted by: tirvine2020
Region: Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 19, 2019
Observation date: Jun 22, 2019
Submitted by: Peter Homann
Region: Leon County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 30, 2019
Observation date: Aug 11, 2018
Submitted by: caher001
Region: Allegany County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 02, 2019
Observation date: Sep 13, 2018
Submitted by: sam_hartzler
Region: Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Feb 26, 2019
Observation date: Dec 24, 2018
Submitted by: frogbandit
Region: Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jan 11, 2019
Observation date: Oct 10, 2018
Submitted by: a-o
Region: Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 15, 2018
Observation date: Oct 02, 2018
Submitted by: sam_hartzler
Region: Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 03, 2018
Observation date: Jun 11, 2018
Submitted by: pmrules21
Region: Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jun 16, 2018
Observation date: Jun 11, 2018
Submitted by: BrandonH
Region: Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jun 12, 2018
Observation date: May 25, 2018
Submitted by: dolphin9z
Region: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: Howell_Curtis
Verified date: May 25, 2018
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