Photo USDA-ARS-GMPRC

• Adult moth averages 3/8 inch long (9 mm)
• Wingspan averages 2/3 inch (18 mm)
• Antenna 2/3 length of body
• Fringe of hairs on wings
• Long palps
• Folds wings over back when at rest

• Base of wings gray
• Outer (distal) part of front wings reddish-brown with dark bands
• Hind wing silver gray
• Larva whitish (may have pink or green tint)
• Larva has brown head (see photo at top right)

Angoumois grain moth
(Sitotroga cerealella)

• Larva feeds on dry pet food, cereals, dried fruits, cornmeal, graham & whole wheat flour, nuts, bird seed, fish food, chocolate, spices, almost any stored food
• Indoors: found in packaged, bulk, or spilled food materials mentioned above, especially foods that are old, damaged, overlooked, or stored in dark areas
• May be found infesting food hoarded by mice in wall voids & other sites

• Larva spins webbing, which contains fecal pellets and shed skins, over its food material
• Larva may leave food material and crawl up walls looking for site to spin cocoon
• Adult rests during day in dark areas, flies mostly at dusk in zigzag manner
• Major pest of stored foods; most of the damage is from contamination of foods