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KEY TO SELECTED PYRALOIDEA (LEPIDOPTERA)
LARVAE INTERCEPTED AT U. S. PORTS OF ENTRY
Couplet 14
A1 to A8 apparently without pinacula (pinacula concolorous with body and not evident) (Fig. 33)
.........................................................................................................................Plodia interpunctella (H?bner)


Distribution: cosmopolitan, adventive in Hawaii

Hosts: 2006: Abies nordmanniana, Anacardium occidentale, Ananas comosus, Arachis sp., Berberis sp., Camellia sinensis, Capsicum sp., Capsicum annuum, Castanea sativa, Cicer arietinum, Citrus sp., Coffea sp., Coffea arabica, Cola acuminata, Corylus sp., Cucurbita sp., Eucalyptus sp., Fernaldia pandurata, Ficus sp., Ficus carica, Gleditsia sp., Glycine max, Inga edulis, Juglans regia, Mentha sp., Morus sp., Musa paradisiaca, Olea sp., Oryza sp., Paeonia suffruticosa, Panax sp., Phaseolus sp., Pinus sp., Pistacia sp., Pistacia vera, Pithecellobium dulce, Pouteria sapota, Poaceae, Prosopis sp., Prunus sp., Prunus americana, Prunus armeniaca, Prunus avium, Prunus domestica, Prunus persica, Punica granatum, Pyrus communis, Raphanus sp., Sesamum orientale, Simmondsia chinensis, Solanum sp., Spondias dulcis, Tamarindus indica, Trifolium repens, Triticum aestivum, Vicia faba, Vitis sp., Zea mays, Ziziphus zizyphus

pre-1998: stored fruit, grain, and vegetable products

Note: see Neunzig 1990
A1 to A8 with small pigmented pinacula (Fig. 34)......................................................................................15
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