Indian Meal Moth

Stored food environments such as pantries, kitchens, and food processing plants worldwide.

Larvae feed on dry food products including cereal, flour, nuts, dried fruit, seeds, and birdseed.

Adults are nocturnal and attracted to light; they do not eat. Females lay eggs directly on food sources. Larvae produce silken webbing as they feed.

A major agricultural and household pest that ruins stored dry goods through contamination with silk and waste. They pose no direct health risk to humans but cause significant economic loss.