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6019 – Plodia interpunctella – Indian Meal Moth (13195472415)🦋

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SpeciesLepidopteraPyralidae
Arthropods

🦋Indianmeal moth

Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)

印度谷螟（學名：Plodia interpunctella），也作印度谷蛾、印度螟蛾等，是螟蛾科谷斑螟属的一个种，以谷物为食，全世界范围均有分布。该螟蛾虽然名称中带有“印度”二字，但并非来自印度。其幼虫也被称为蜡虫，能咬穿硬纸壳、塑料等，因此有的密封容器并不能阻止此虫的传播。

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Plodia interpunctella
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderLepidoptera
  5. ›familyPyralidae
  6. ›genusPlodia
  7. ›speciesPlodia interpunctella
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
  3. subfamilyPhycitinae
  4. genusPlodia
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. superorderAmphiesmenoptera
  7. orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
  8. suborderGlossata
  9. familyPyralidae
  10. subfamilyPhycitinae
  11. genusPlodia
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keittiökoisa (fi), 화랑곡나방 (ko), tørrfruktsmalmott (nb), indische meelmot (nl), omacnica spichrzanka (pl), Plodia interpunctella (fr) … and 18 more languages
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6019 – Plodia interpunctella – Indian Meal Moth (13195472415)Brown small striped moth
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