Tribe Tirathabini Rank Species | Genus CorcyraRagonot, 1885 Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Angoumois grain moth, Almond moth, Ephestia, Trichogramma | ||
Red flour beetle and rice moth
The rice moth (Corcyra cephalonica) is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is – as far as is known – the only living species of the genus Corcyra.
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This small moth can become a significant pest. Its caterpillars feed on dry plantstuffs such as seeds, including cereals (e.g. rice). Other recorded foods are flour and dried fruits.
Synonyms
Other scientific names, now invalid, for the rice moth are:
When describing his T. theobromae in 1913, Dyar established the genus Tineopsis. He overlooked, however, that this had already been proposed by Cajetan Freiherr von Felder for a (presumed) arctiid moth in 1861. Nonwithstanding that Felder's species is somewhat dubious and has not been identified in recent lists, Dyar's Tineopsis is a junior homonym and thus invalid in any case.
