Plodia interpunctella
Indian meal moth at Kambah, ACT
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| Plodia interpunctella | ibaird | 9 Feb 2019 | |
| Plodia interpunctella | MatthewFrawley | 9 Feb 2019 |
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Constant in our pantry over the past few years, they keep infiltrating food and breeding. Numbers can increase dramatically.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.075896-35.384301
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 9 Feb 2019 02:28 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
Collections
- MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Plodia interpunctella Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Plodia interpunctella Scientific name
- Indian meal moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 699.7m Recorded at altitude
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4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location