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, Luz, Jose Roberto Pujol
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; Indian; Ferraz; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531949/; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antarctic-science/article/abs/first-record-of-the-indian-meal-moth-plodia-interpunctella-lepidoptera-pyralidae-at-a-research-station-in-antarctica/95A9E7DE655FB6F1D80C54D45E54F870

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 well-known...