is a major pest Major Hosts: C. carda of a range of stored product including cereals such as maize, rice, wheat, sorghum, millet, oats, cereal flours and other cereal products, dried cassava, groundnuts, cocoa beans, dried mango, dates, nutmeg, mace, cowpeas and other dried stored products (CABI 2011). (Hubn.) Cacao moth/warehouse Members of genus are Ephestia elutella Ephestia moth important pests of a wide range of CSIRO Division of stored products, especially milled, Entomology processed and manufactured produce Rees 2004). Major Hosts: can infest a E. elutella wide range of commodities, especially cereals, cereal products, dried fruit, cocoa beans and nuts. It is a pest in chocolate factories and tobacco warehouses (CABI 2008). (Zell.) Mediterranean flour Members of genus are Ephestia kuehniella Ephestia moth considered important pests of a wide PaDil (www.padil.gov.au) range of stored products, especially milled, processed and manufactured produce (Rees 2004). Major Hosts: is E. kuehniella considered a pest of many cereals, including wheat (grain, bran, flour, meal, semolina), maize, rice, sorghum, oats and barley. It also attacks nuts such as almonds, date palms, carob pods, fruits and flowers, pollen, leaves, roots (dried), biscuits, human food and animal feed (CABI 2012). Merchant grain beetle species attack a wide Oryzaephilus mercator Oryzaephilus (Fauv.) range of stored products and are ranked the most important stored products pests. It is more often found on CSIRO Division of commodities such as dried fruit and Entomology oilseeds rather than cereals. However, the status of is considered O. mercator to be significant but not as major as O. (Rees 2004). surinamensis Major Hosts: Oryzaephilus mercator is primarily a pest of oilseeds or products with a high oil content, but may also infest processed cereals, dried fruit, nuts and a range of stored
Major Hosts: C. carda is a major pest of a range of stored product including cereals such as maize, rice, wheat, sorghum, millet, oats, cereal flours and other cereal products, dried cassava, groundnuts, cocoa beans, dried mango, dates, nutmeg, mace, cowpeas and other dried stored products (CABI 2011). Ephestia elutella (Hubn.) CSIRO Division of Entomology Cacao moth/warehouse moth Members of genus Ephestia are important pests of a wide range of stored products, especially milled, processed and manufactured produce Rees 2004). Major Hosts: E. elutella can infest a wide range of commodities, especially cereals, cereal products, dried fruit, cocoa beans and nuts. It is a pest in chocolate factories and tobacco warehouses (CABI 2008). Ephestia kuehniella (Zell.) PaDil (www.padil.gov.au) Mediterranean flour moth Members of genus Ephestia are considered important pests of a wide range of stored products, especially milled, processed and manufactured produce (Rees 2004). Major Hosts: E. kuehniella is considered a pest of many cereals, including wheat (grain, bran, flour, meal, semolina), maize, rice, sorghum, oats and barley. It also attacks nuts such as almonds, date palms, carob pods, fruits and flowers, pollen, leaves, roots (dried), biscuits, human food and animal feed (CABI 2012). Oryzaephilus mercator (Fauv.) CSIRO Division of Entomology Merchant grain beetle Oryzaephilus species attack a wide range of stored products and are ranked the most important stored products pests. It is more often found on commodities such as dried fruit and oilseeds rather than cereals. However, the status of O. mercator is considered to be significant but not as major as O. surinamensis (Rees 2004). Major Hosts: Oryzaephilus mercator is primarily a pest of oilseeds or products with a high oil content, but may also infest processed cereals, dried fruit, nuts and a range of stored
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