PEST NAME : BROWN HOUSE MOTH (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)

SIZE, SHAPE AND COLOUR : 8mm. Uniformly shiny gold flecked with dark   brown, noticeable fringe of hairs on wing tips when  at rest.

BIOLOGY :  Single eggs laid  singly. Larvae  hatch 10 to 40 days depending on temperature.  Larvae feed and moult for 2 to 5 months.  Pupae formed and hatches in 2 to 8  weeks.

PREFERRED FOODS :  Dry vegetable matter, cereal products.

HABITAT : Sometimes encountered in warehousing, flour and provender mills, cereal processing.