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Plodia interpunctella
Summary
| Resource Type | Organism |
|---|---|
| Genus | Plodia |
| Species | interpunctella |
| Common Name | Indianmeal moth |
| Description | Adults are 8–10 millimetres (5⁄16–13⁄32 in) in length with 16–20 millimetres (5⁄8–13⁄16 in) wingspans. The distal two thirds of their forewings are generally reddish brown in color with a copper luster. They can also be bronze or dark gray. The more proximal parts of the wings are yellow-gray or white-gray, with a dark band at the intersection between the proximal and distal regions. The hindwings, in general, are uniformly gray. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianmeal_moth This dataset is not published - please follow Toronto/Ft. Lauderdale conditions of data re-use. This genome project is part of the Ag100Pest project http://i5k.github.io/ag100pest |
| Organism Image |  |
| Image Credit |  by Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License. |