Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab

Arthropod Samples in February 2013

Warehouse Beetle (Dermestidae)

Scientific Name: Trogoderma variabile

warehouse beetle larvae

warehouse beetle

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

soft scale

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

indian meal moth

indian meal moth

indian meal moth

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

case-making moth

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

western conifer

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

brown lacewing

brown lacewing

brown lacewing

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

fly

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

*Links on the page are not intended as authoritative sources of management information. Established links allow users to view pictures of pests and find general biology and control information; for Utah-specific control recommendations please contact the Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab @ 435-797-2435. Pictures above are not always the exact species identified, but are representative photos of submitted samples.