Bruchid beetles attack ripe and ripening seeds and prefer leguminous seed. Species associated with stored products are exclusively pests of dried and ripening seeds of legumes. They are most important pests of these commodities. However, Bruchids do not attack cereal grain and cereal based products (Rees 2004). Main Hosts: (pigeon Cajanus cajan pea), (chickpea), Cicer arietinum (soyabean), Glycine max Len culinaris (lentil), (black gram), Vigna mungo (mungbean), Vigna radiata Vigna (cowpea) (CABI 2008). unguiculata Cowpea weevil It is a major pest of legumes. Callosobruchus phaseoli PaDil (www.padil.gov.au) feeds on Callosobruchus phaseoli ripening pea and bean crops in the field and continues breeding on the dried seeds in storage. The females lay their eggs on pea and bean seeds or pods. Only the larvae feed inside the seed and the adults do not feed on the plants or seeds (Rees 2004). Main Hosts: Vigna radiate, V. (Messina and Jones 2009). angularis (Staint.) Rice moth It is a major pest of rice. Corcyra cephalonica CSIRO Division of Many stored foods such as cereals, Entomology cereal products, oilseeds, pulses, dried fruits, nuts, and spices, are known to support infestations of C. cephalonica. However, it is especially a major pest of rice and rice products. It is also a major pest in flour mills in the tropics, and is common on sorghum and millet (CABI 2008). Main Hosts: (rice), Oryza sativa (millet), Panicum miliaceum (pear millet), Pennisetum glaucum (sorghum), Sorghum bicolor Triticum (wheat), aestivum Vigna radiata (mungbean), Vigna unguiculata (cowpea), (maize) (CABI Zea mays 2008). Flat grain beetles The Laemophloeidae are small Cryptolestes ferrugineus flattened beetles and the majority of Cryptolestes pusillus
Bruchid beetles attack ripe and ripening seeds and prefer leguminous seed. Species associated with stored products are exclusively pests of dried and ripening seeds of legumes. They are most important pests of these commodities. However, Bruchids do not attack cereal grain and cereal based products (Rees 2004). Main Hosts: Cajanus cajan (pigeon pea), Cicer arietinum (chickpea), Glycine max (soyabean), Len culinaris (lentil), Vigna mungo (black gram), Vigna radiata (mungbean), Vigna unguiculata (cowpea) (CABI 2008). Callosobruchus phaseoli PaDil (www.padil.gov.au) Cowpea weevil It is a major pest of legumes. Callosobruchus phaseoli feeds on ripening pea and bean crops in the field and continues breeding on the dried seeds in storage. The females lay their eggs on pea and bean seeds or pods. Only the larvae feed inside the seed and the adults do not feed on the plants or seeds (Rees 2004). Main Hosts: Vigna radiate, V. angularis (Messina and Jones 2009). Corcyra cephalonica (Staint.) CSIRO Division of Entomology Rice moth It is a major pest of rice. Many stored foods such as cereals, cereal products, oilseeds, pulses, dried fruits, nuts, and spices, are known to support infestations of C. cephalonica. However, it is especially a major pest of rice and rice products. It is also a major pest in flour mills in the tropics, and is common on sorghum and millet (CABI 2008). Main Hosts: Oryza sativa (rice), Panicum miliaceum (millet), Pennisetum glaucum (pear millet), Sorghum bicolor (sorghum), Triticum aestivum (wheat), Vigna radiata (mungbean), Vigna unguiculata (cowpea), Zea mays (maize) (CABI 2008). Cryptolestes ferrugineus Cryptolestes pusillus Flat grain beetles The Laemophloeidae are small flattened beetles and the majority of