Pyralis farinalis

Meal Moth at Boro, NSW

Pyralis farinalis at Boro, NSW - 23 Nov 2021
Pyralis farinalis at Boro, NSW - 23 Nov 2021
Pyralis farinalis at Boro, NSW - 23 Nov 2021
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Identification history

Pyralis farinalis 25 Nov 2021 donhe
Pyralis farinalis 24 Nov 2021 ibaird
Unidentified 24 Nov 2021 Paul4K

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User's notes

In a bin from compost loo, main substrate wood chips [chainsaw]

2 comments

ibaird wrote:
   24 Nov 2021
Interesting, traditionally a pest of stored grain world-wide.
DPRees125 wrote:
   11 Nov 2024
not a pest of well stored grain, more a pest of aged residues, will do fine in compost bins, esp. in the drier bits

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size
  • Unknown Gender

Species information

  • Pyralis farinalis Scientific name
  • Meal Moth Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 704m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Asopia domesticalis

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