Lesser Grain Borer

Grain storage facilities, flour mills, and pantries containing stored food products; originally from India but now found globally.

Stored grains, including wheat, rice, corn, and barley, as well as seeds, dried fruits, and tobacco.

They are powerful fliers and strong burrowers; the larvae and adults bore into intact grain kernels to feed and develop inside, making them primary pests of stored products.

Significant risk to food supplies as they damage cereals and produce a characteristic sweet, musty odor in infested products; they provide no known benefits to human environments.