Indian meal moth

Worldwide in human structures, particularly pantries, kitchens, and food storage facilities.

Larvae feed on stored grain products, dried fruits, nuts, seeds, chocolate, and dry pet food.

Adults are nocturnal and fly in a zigzag pattern; females lay 60-400 eggs on food sources which hatch into silk-spinning larvae.

Significant pantry pest that contaminates food with webbing and frass; no direct health risk to humans, but causes economic loss.