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The cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne) is a small, reddish-brown stored-product beetle in the family Ptinidae. It is found worldwide, especially where dried tobacco is stored, and its larvae feed on tobacco and many pantry materials, including flour, cereals, spices, dried fruit, coffee, cocoa...

[Dermestes lardarius](https://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/en/grain-quality/manage/identify-an-insect/secondary-insect-pests/larder-beetle.html), the larder beetle, is a cosmopolitan dermestid beetle and a scavenging pest of protein-rich materials. Adults are about 7 to 9 millimeters long and have dark wi...

The tobacco moth (Ephestia elutella) is a small pyralid moth and a cosmopolitan pest of stored products. Its larvae damage harvested tobacco leaves and can also infest cocoa, cereals, dried fruit, rice, dehydrated vegetables, green coffee beans and oilseed products. The species is important to wareh...

The warehouse beetle, Trogoderma variabile, is a dermestid beetle and a stored-product pest. Its larvae feed on grain, seeds, flour, cereal products, dried foods, and other animal or plant material, so infestations can occur in warehouses, mills, food-processing plants, and household pantries. The s...

The Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella) is a small pyralid moth found worldwide as a pest of stored foods. Its larvae feed on flour, meal, and other milled grain products while spinning dense silk webbing that binds food particles and can clog machinery in flour mills, bakeries, and wareh...

The meal moth (Pyralis farinalis) is a pyralid moth whose larvae feed on stored, dry plant material. It has a cosmopolitan distribution and occurs in places such as mills, warehouses, and household pantries, where it can infest flour, grain, and other milled foods. Adults have brown forewings with c...