Storage Pests of Cocoa
Order/Family Common name Latin name
LEPIDOPTERA
Pyralidae
Pyralidae
Almond moth
Rice moth
Ephestia cautella (Walker)
Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton)
COLEOPTERA
Tenebrionidae
Anobiidae
Nitidulidae
Nitidulidae
Trogositidae
Cucujidae
Cucujidae
Anthribidae
Red flour beetle
Cigarette beetle
No common name
Corn sap beetle
Cadelle
Foreign grain beetle
Rusty grain beetle
Coffee bean weevil
Tribolium castaneum (Herbst)
Lasioderma serricone (F.)
Carpophilus obsoletus Erich.
Carpophilus dimidiatus (F.)
Tenebroides mauritanicus L.
Ahasverus advena (Waltl.)
Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Steph.)
Araecerus fasciculatus (De Geer)
Most of these insects are worldwide in distribution. Lures for monitoring in storage are available for several of these insects. Maintaining high storage standards can help significantly with pest management problems.
Bibliographies of almond moth and other stored product pests are available.

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