. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. The Mediterranean Flour Moth {Ephestia kuehniella Zell.) This imjwrted pest now rants as one of the most destructive and troublesome of the insects infesting stored flour, bran, buckwheat, crack- ers, and cereal foods. It is the im- mature stage of a duU gray moth, expanding about one inch. The fuU grown larva is a half inch long, white, ornamented with fine Fig. 56S. — Empty pupal skin of the European Grain-moth. En- larged and natural size. Orig- Fig. .569.—Work of the Mediterranean Flour Moth. Origi
. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. The Mediterranean Flour Moth {Ephestia kuehniella Zell.) This imjwrted pest now rants as one of the most destructive and troublesome of the insects infesting stored flour, bran, buckwheat, crack- ers, and cereal foods. It is the im- mature stage of a duU gray moth, expanding about one inch. The fuU grown larva is a half inch long, white, ornamented with fine Fig. 56S. — Empty pupal skin of the European Grain-moth. En- larged and natural size. Orig- Fig. .569.—Work of the Mediterranean Flour Moth. Original. black dots, and sparsely covered \^-ith hairs. It feeds mthin a silk tube, and spins quantities of silk wherever it goes, especially when. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original O'Kane, Walter Collins, b. 1877. New York : The Macmillan Company
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