Corcyra cephalonica (rice meal moth)
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Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866)
Preferred Common Name
- rice meal moth
Other Scientific Names
- Corcyra oeconomellus (Mann, 1872)
- Corcyra theobromae (Dyar, 1913)
- Corcyra translineella Hampson (1901)
- Melissoblaptes cephalonica Stainton
International Common Names
- English: rice moth
- Spanish: mariposa de los granos de arroz; polilla del arroz (Mexico); polilla del arroz almacenado; polilla gris de los granos
- French: pyrale du riz; teigne du riz; teigne grise des grains
- Portuguese: traca do amendoim
Local Common Names
- Germany: Motte, Reis-
- Italy: tignola del riso
EPPO code
- CORRCE (Corcyra cephalonica)
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Metazoa
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Uniramia
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Pyralidae
- Genus: Corcyra
- Species: Corcyra cephalonica
Distribution Table
Top of pageThe distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.
Last updated: 10 Feb 2022Continent/Country/Region | Distribution | Last Reported | Origin | First Reported | Invasive | Reference | Notes |
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Africa |
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Algeria | Present | ||||||
Botswana | Present | ||||||
Cabo Verde | Present | ||||||
Cameroon | Present | ||||||
Chad | Present | ||||||
Congo, Republic of the | Present | ||||||
Côte d'Ivoire | Present | ||||||
Egypt | Present | ||||||
Ethiopia | Present | ||||||
Ghana | Present | ||||||
Malawi | Present | ||||||
Mali | Present | ||||||
Namibia | Present | ||||||
Nigeria | Present | ||||||
Senegal | Present | ||||||
Seychelles | Present | ||||||
Sierra Leone | Present | ||||||
Sudan | Present | ||||||
Tanzania | Present | ||||||
Asia |
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Bangladesh | Present | ||||||
China | Present | ||||||
-Guangdong | Present | ||||||
-Jilin | Present | ||||||
-Shandong | Present | ||||||
-Zhejiang | Present | ||||||
India | Present | ||||||
-Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Present | ||||||
-Andhra Pradesh | Present | ||||||
-Bihar | Present | ||||||
-Chandigarh | Present | ||||||
-Delhi | Present | ||||||
-Gujarat | Present | ||||||
-Haryana | Present | ||||||
-Himachal Pradesh | Present | ||||||
-Karnataka | Present | ||||||
-Kerala | Present | ||||||
-Madhya Pradesh | Present | ||||||
-Maharashtra | Present | ||||||
-Manipur | Present | ||||||
-Meghalaya | Present | ||||||
-Punjab | Present | ||||||
-Rajasthan | Present | ||||||
-Tamil Nadu | Present | ||||||
-Uttar Pradesh | Present | ||||||
-West Bengal | Present | ||||||
Indonesia | Present | ||||||
-Java | Present | ||||||
-Maluku Islands | Present | ||||||
Japan | Present | Present based on regional distribution. | |||||
-Hokkaido | Present | ||||||
Malaysia | Present | ||||||
-Peninsular Malaysia | Present | ||||||
Myanmar | Present | ||||||
Nepal | Present | ||||||
Pakistan | Present | ||||||
Philippines | Present | ||||||
Saudi Arabia | Present | ||||||
Sri Lanka | Present | ||||||
Taiwan | Present | ||||||
Thailand | Present | ||||||
Vietnam | Present | ||||||
Europe |
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Belgium | Present | Introduced | 1938 | ||||
Bulgaria | Present | Introduced | 1930 | ||||
Czechia | Present | Introduced | 1987 | ||||
Denmark | Present | Introduced | 1945 | ||||
Finland | Present | ||||||
France | Present | ||||||
Germany | Present | Introduced | First reported: <1927 | ||||
Greece | Present | ||||||
Italy | Present | Introduced | 1943 | ||||
Latvia | Present | ||||||
Malta | Present | ||||||
Netherlands | Present | ||||||
Norway | Present | Introduced | 1981 | ||||
Romania | Present | ||||||
Slovakia | Present | ||||||
Spain | Present | ||||||
Sweden | Present | Introduced | First reported: <1866 | ||||
Switzerland | Present | ||||||
United Kingdom | Present, Localized | ||||||
North America |
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Barbados | Present | ||||||
Canada | Present | ||||||
-Ontario | Present | ||||||
Cuba | Present | ||||||
Honduras | Present | ||||||
Jamaica | Present | ||||||
United States | Present | ||||||
-Georgia | Present | ||||||
-Hawaii | Present | ||||||
-Texas | Present | ||||||
Oceania |
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Australia | Present | ||||||
-Tasmania | Present | ||||||
Fiji | Present | ||||||
Kiribati | Present | ||||||
Papua New Guinea | Present | ||||||
Samoa | Present | ||||||
Solomon Islands | Present | ||||||
Tonga | Present | ||||||
South America |
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Bolivia | Present | ||||||
Brazil | Present | ||||||
-Paraiba | Present | ||||||
-Rio Grande do Sul | Present | ||||||
-Sao Paulo | Present | ||||||
Colombia | Present | ||||||
Ecuador | Present | Present based on regional distribution. | |||||
-Galapagos Islands | Present | Introduced | |||||
Guyana | Present |
Natural enemies
Top of pageReferences
Top of pageAPPPC, 1987. Insect pests of economic significance affecting major crops of the countries in Asia and the Pacific region. Technical Document No. 135. Bangkok, Thailand: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific region (RAPA).
Bui Cong Hien, 1998. List of Lepidoptera associated with stored commodities in Vietnam. Proceedings of the Seventh International Working Conference on Stored-product Protection, 1:69-71.
Chittenden FH, 1919. The rice moth. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 783:1-5.
Corbet AS; Tams WHT, 1943. Keys for the identification of the Lepidoptera infesting stored food. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Series B, 113:55-148.
Da Costa Lima A, 1950. Insectos do Brasil: Lepidopteros. Rio de Janeiro, Escola Nacional de Agronomia, 6(2):57-58.
Gorham JR, 1987. Insect and mite pests in food: An Illustrated Key, Vols I and II. US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook Number 655.
Gupta PK; Gupta M, 1995. Interference to larval development of rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica by diflubenzuron. Indian Journal of Entomology, 57(1):43-49.
Haines CP, 1991. Insects and Arachnids of Tropical Stored Products: Their Biology and Identification (A Training Manual), 2nd edition. Chatham, UK: Natural Resources Institute.
Haines CP, 1998. Arthropod natural enemies in stored product - overlooked and under-exploited. Proc. 7th Int. Work. Conf. Stored-product Prot., Beijing, 2:1205-1226.
Kulkarni KA, Radder GD (ed. ), Gidnavar VS (ed.), Chittapur BM (ed.), Itnal CJ (ed.), Patil BN (ed.), Babalad HB, 1998. Culturing and mass multiplication of natural enemies. Organics in Sustaining Soil Fertility and Productivity, 257-262.
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, 2010. Importing Countries Phytosanitary Requirements. Ecuador. Importing Countries Phytosanitary Requirements. Ecuador., New Zealand: MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, 25. www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/regs/stds/icprs/ecuador.pdf
Medina PF; Razera LF; Rossetto CJ, 1995. Armazenamento de sementes de amendoim tratadas com insecticidads e fungicida. Revista Brasileira de Sementes, 17(2):236-242.
Osman N, Sidik M (ed. ), Rejesus BM (ed.), Garcia-RP (ed.), Champ BR (ed.), Bengston M (ed.), Dharmaputa OS (ed.), Halid H, 1997. The effects of plant materials on certain aspect of the development of the rice moth Corcyra cephalonica St. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Proceedings of the Symposium on Pest Management for Stored Food and Feed, held at Bogor, Indonesia, 5-7 September 1995. BIOTROP Special Publication, 59:147-154.
Roque-Albelo L; Landry B, 2006. Lista annotada de los Lepidópteros de las islas Galápagos, Ecuador. Puerto Ayora, Ecuador: Charles Darwin Research Station, 32.
Sch÷ller M, 1998. Biological control of arthropod pests in stored product protection with predators and parasitoids-Review and bibliography. Mitt. Biol. Bundesanst. Land-Forstwirtsch., 342:85-189.
Spangler HG, 1988. Moth hearing, defense, and communication. Annual Review of Entomology, 33:59-81
Trematerra P, 1983. Biology and nutritional preferences of Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) (Lepidoptera, Galleriidae). Industrie alimentari, 540-548.
Trematerra P, 1997. Some aspects of the sexual behaviour of the Lepidoptera Pyralidae infesting stored products. Anzeiger fnr Schadlingskunde, Pflanzenschutz, Umweltschutz, 70(5):87-91.
Whalley PS, 1964. Catalogue of the Galleriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) with descriptions of new genera and species. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 9:1-618.
Willcocks FC, 1925. The insects and related pests of Egypt. II. Insects and mites feeding on gramineous crops and products in the field, granary and mill. Sultanic Agric. Soc., 1-418.
Distribution References
APPPC, 1987. Insect pests of economic significance affecting major crops of the countries in Asia and the Pacific region. In: Technical Document No. 135, Bangkok, Thailand: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific region (RAPA).
Bui Cong Hien, 1998. List of Lepidoptera associated with stored commodities in Vietnam. [Proceedings of the Seventh International Working Conference on Stored-product Protection], 1 69-71.
CABI, Undated. Compendium record. Wallingford, UK: CABI
CABI, Undated a. CABI Compendium: Status inferred from regional distribution. Wallingford, UK: CABI
CABI, Undated b. CABI Compendium: Status as determined by CABI editor. Wallingford, UK: CABI
Chittenden F H, 1919. The rice moth. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1-5.
Roque-Albelo L, Landry B, 2006. (Lista annotada de los Lepidópteros de las islas Galápagos, Ecuador)., Puerto Ayora, Ecuador: Charles Darwin Research Station. 32.
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