Indian meal moth

Worldwide; often found in Pantries, food storage facilities, and grocery stores where grains are present.

Lavae feed on a wide range of dry foodstuffs including cereal, flour, pasta, rice, nuts, dried fruits, and pet food.

Adults are nocturnal and attracted to light; larvae spin silken webs over food surfaces and crawl to wall-ceiling junctions to pupate.

They are a significant pest of stored grain and food products causing economic loss through contamination, though they pose no direct health risk to humans.