Cadra cautella

TaxID: 12985

Basic Information

Cadra cautella

almond moth, Almond moth, Almond Moth

The almond moth or tropical warehouse moth (Cadra cautella) is a small, stored-product pest. Almond moths infest flour, bran, oats, and other grains, as well as dried fruits. It belongs to the family of snout moths (Pyralidae), and more specifically to the tribe Phycitini of the huge snout moth subfamily Phycitinae. This species may be confused with the related Indian mealmoth (Plodia interpunctella) or the Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella), which are also common pantry pests in the same subfamily. Other common names, particularly in nonbiological literature, are dried currant moth and fig moth, which invite confusion with the close relatives Cadra figulilella (raisin moth) and Cadra calidella (dried fruit moth). Like the raisin moth, the almond moth has achieved an essentially cosmopolitan distribution due to inadvertent transport with food products in its larval form. Adults live for about 10 days after eclosion and do not eat, but may drink if water is available. The mating system is polygamous; however, many females will only mate once.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Pyralidae

Cadra

cautella

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Clare Mateke@BY-NC
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(c) Johan Heyns@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (3 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Cambodia Quarantine pests —
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Panama Quarantine pests —

Distribution (46 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Country Status State
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Botswana Present —
Canada Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Spain Present —
Finland Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR7651442 Abdominal tissues - - 54471134 Saudi Arabia

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

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