Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in February 2013
Warehouse Beetle (Dermestidae)
Scientific Name: Trogoderma variabile
Photo(s): Warehouse beetle larvae, Jared Kunz, Utah State University. Adult beetle, Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org.
Type: Pantry pest
Situation: Found in Trailer
County: Washington
Fact Sheets: University of California IPM; Colorado State University
Soft Scale (Coccidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Eugene E. Nelson, Bugwood.org
Type: Sucking Plant pest
Situation: Found on lime tree on campus
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension
Indian Meal Moth (Pyralidae)
Scientific Name: Plodia interpunctella
Photo(s): Clemson University, USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org;
Type: Stored food products pests
Situation: In home
County: Salt Lake, Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University
Case-Making Clothes Moth: (Tineidae)
Scientific Name: Tinea pellionella
Photo(s): (top) Casemaking clothes moth case and pupal skin; (bottom) adult casemaking clothes moth.
Type: Clothes pest
Situation: Taxidermy mounts
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: University of Kentucky; University of California IPM
Western Conifer Seedbug (Coreidae)
Scientific Name: Leptoglossus occidentalis
Photo(s): Mohammed El Damir, Pest Management, Bugwood.org
Type: Structural
Situation: On Yucca flower
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University
Brown Lacewing (Hemerobiidae)
Scientific Name: Leptoglossus occidentalis
Photo(s): Mohammed El Damir, Pest Management, Bugwood.org; Joel Smith, Utah State University.
Type: Beneficial Insect
Situation: In home inside stored product
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: Utah State University
Fly (Tachinidae)
Scientific Name: na
Photo(s): Adult Tachinidae fly, Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Beneficial
Situation: In home
County: Utah
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University Extension; University of California IPM