Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)

Ephestia glycinivora Matsumura, 1917, Ephestia glycinivorella Matsumura, 1932, Plodia interpunctella castaneella Reutti, 1898, Tinea interpunctella Hübner, 1813, Tinea zeae Fitch, 1856, Unadilla latercula Hampson, 1901
Indian meal moth, Stored products pest.

Declared Pest - s22(2)

Declared pests must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported, and may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms. They may also be subject to control and keeping requirements once within Western Australia.
Present

C3 - Management / Exempt

Organisms that should have some form of management applied that will alleviate the harmful impact of the organism, reduce the numbers or distribution of the organism or prevent or contain the spread of the organism.
  • Applicable area(s):
  • Whole of state

Further action

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia [4]
Phylum:Arthropoda [5]
Class:Insecta [6]
Order:Lepidoptera [7]
Family:Pyralidae [8]
Genus:Plodia [9]
Species:interpunctella [10]

Author(s):

(Hübner, 1813)

See also

Navigation

Return to organism search results [12]
Biosecurity and agriculture management homepage [13]

Links
[1] http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/iaquarantine/
[2] http://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_2735_homepage.html
[3] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/form/biosecurity-contact-details
[4] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=%2A&classification=1
[5] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Arthropoda
[6] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Insecta
[7] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Lepidoptera
[8] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Pyralidae
[9] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Plodia
[10] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=interpunctella
[11] https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/gazettestore.nsf/FileURL/gg2024_054.pdf/$FILE/Gg2024_054.pdf?OpenElement
[12] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=%2A&per-page=20&sort-by=taxon&order-by=asc
[13] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/biosecurity-biosecurity-quarantinebiosecurity-governance

Source URL: https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms/101400
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