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A key to the larvae of some species of Phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) associated with stored products, and of some related species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Audrey D. Aitken
Audrey D. Aitken
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Infestation Control Laboratory, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey.
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A key to the fully grown larvae of 11 species of Phycitinae is given. Of these, the following eight are known in Britain either as stored-products pests or associated with imported food:— Ephestia elutella (Hb.), Anagasta kuehniella (Zell.), Cadra cautella (Wlk.), C. calidella (Gn.), C. figulilella (Gregson), Plodia interpunctella (Hb.), Mussidia nigrivenella Rag. and Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zell.). The key is preceded by a brief account of the economic importance of these species in Britain.

The other three species are Ectomyelois decolor (Zell.), E. muriscis (Dyar) and Paramyelois transitella (Wlk.). Although these are native to the Americas and are unknown in Britain, they comprise, together with E. ceratoniae, the economically important species formerly of the genus Myelois Huebner.

The larvae of Mussidia nigrivenella, P. transitella and of the three species of Ectomyelois are described.

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Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , August 1963 , pp. 175 - 188
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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