Latin
Endrosis sarcitrella

Stats
Open wing span 10 – 23 mm

Appearance
Readily distinguished from other stored product moths by the covering of white scales on the head and thorax. The shining buff upper side of the forewing is speckled with dark brown.

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Latin
Ephestia elutella

Stats
Wing span 12 – 18 mm

Appearance
The adult is a greyish moth with a pattern of two obscure bands across the forewings. The mature larva is 10 – 15 mm long and is creamy white with a brown head capsule and brown body markings. There are three pairs of pointed thoracic legs and five pairs of abdominal prolegs.

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Latin
Plodia interpunctella

Stats
Open wing span – approx. 16 mm

Appearance
The forewing has a broad grey band across the bronze brown wings. In common with other moth species, wing scales are readily lost and wing pattern is therefore an unreliable characteristic for identification.

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Latin
Tribolium confusum

Stats
Adult beetle length 3 – 4.5 mm

Appearance
The shape is elongated; the antennae have a gradual five segmented club. Easily mistaken for the rust-red flour beetle, which has distinct three clubbed antennae. The cylindrical wiry larva is 4 to 5 mm long when fully grown and is white tinged with yellow. It has a pair of immovable projections, urogomphi, on the final abdominal segment.

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Latin
Tineola bisselliella

Stats
Body length 6 – 8 mm.
Wingspan 9 – 16 mm.

Appearance
The upper side of the forewings is buff, nearly golden, in colour. Both pairs of wings have fringed margins. Adults are rarely seen in flight, mostly only the males, and the females after they have deposited their eggs. The larva is yellowish white in colour with a brown head and measures around 10 mm in length when fully mature.

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Latin
Tinea pellionella

Stats
Body length 3.5 and 4 mm.
Wingspan 10 – 15 mm.

Appearance
The upper side of the forewings is pale brown with three darker spots on the wings. Both pairs of wings have fringed margins. The larva has the habit of carrying a silken tube and often attached to it are particles of wool, fibres, etc from the immediate habitat. The case is open at both ends and the larva is rarely found outside it.

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Latin
Anthrenus spp

Stats
Adult beetle length 3 mm

Appearance
The varied carpet beetle and the museum beetle are the most commonly encountered by pest controllers. They have a speckled appearance which arises because of the many scales which cover the elytra and the prothorax which are black, white and yellow giving a spotted appearance.

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Latin
Stegobium paniceum

Stats
Adult beetle length 2 – 3 mm

Appearance
Reddish brown, oval beetles, with a dense covering of yellowish hairs. The head is hidden under
the hood-like prothorax. Easily mistaken for the common furniture beetle or the cigarette
beetle. A fully grown larva is about 5 mm long, initially active but become fat, sluggish and eventually incapable of movement.

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Latin
Ptinus tectus

Stats
Adult beetle length 2.5 – 4 mm

Appearance
The middle of the body is constricted to give a waisted spider-like appearance. The legs and antennae are long. The larvae are fleshy, curved and not very mobile. Cryptic in their behaviour, these insects will “play dead” if disturbed.

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