Indian Meal Moth

The most common type of grain moth is the Indian meal moth also called pantry moth flour moth or grain moth. He adults are approximately 8 8 to 10 mm long with a 16 to 29 mm wingspan. The outer half of their forewings are normally cooper, bronze or dark gray and the upper half is yellowish gray with a dark band between the two varied areas. The Indian meal moth larval stage feeds on cereal, bread, pasta rice, dried fruit, including chocolate cocoa beans and cookies.