First record of the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) at a research station in Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Câmara, Paulo E.A.S., Convey, Peter, Ferreira, Vinícius Alves, Togni, Pedro Henrique Brum, Pujol-Luz, José Roberto
• Other Authors: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2022
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; Indian; Ferraz; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102022000281; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102022000281

Abstract We report the first formal record of the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella from a location within the Antarctic Treaty area, with the capture of a live adult male within the Brazilian Comandante Ferraz research station on King George Island, South Shetland Islands. This species is a we...