Indian Meal Moth

Typically found indoors in kitchens, pantries, food processing plants, and grocery stores where dried goods are stored.

Larvae feed on stored grains, cereals, nuts, dried fruits, flour, spices, birdseed, and dry pet food. Adults generally do not feed.

Adults fly in a zigzag pattern and are attracted to light, usually active at dusk or night. The distinctive wing pattern features a reddish-brown or copper lower half and a grey/tan upper half. Larvae leave silk webbing in food products.

No physical harm to humans (they do not bite or sting). Their primary risk is economic and nuisance as a major pantry pest, contaminating food with webbing, frass (droppings), and cast skins.