External Feeders

Red flour beetle : Tribolium castaneum (Tenebrionidae: Coleoptera) 

Host Range :- Wheat-flour, dry fruits, pulses and prepared cereal foods, such as cornflakes.

Distribution and Status :- Worldwide

Indian Meal Moth :- Plodia interpunctella (Phycitidae: Lepidoptera)

Host Range :- It infests grains, meals, breakfast foods, soybean, dried fruits, nuts, dried roots, herbs, dead insects, etc.

Distribution and Status :- The pest is worldwide.

Almond Moth / Fig moth :- Ephestia cautella (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera)

Host Range :- It is a serious pest of dried fruits such as currants, raisons, dried apples, dates, berries, figs, almonds, walnuts, tamarind seeds, etc. It has also been recorded on lac, malted milk, dried mango, pulp, garlic bulbs, various cereal grains and grain products.

Distribution and Status :- The pest is worldwide.

Rice moth :- Corcyra cephalonica (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera)

Host Range :- It also infests rice, sorghum, maize, gram, groundnut, cotton-seed, milled products, cocoa beans and raisins.

Distribution and Status :- The rice moth is distributed in Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. In the larval stage, it is an important stored-grain pest in both India and Pakistan.

Khapra Beetle :- Trogoderma granarium (Dermestidae : Coleoptera)

Host Range :-  The Khapra beetle will attack any dried plant or animal matter. It prefers grain and cereal products, mainly wheat, barley, oats, rye, maize, rice, flour, malt, and noodles. It can also feed on animal products such as dead mice, dried blood, and dried insects

Distribution and Status :- worldwide.