“Stored-product insects are a common and persistent problem in food-processing facilities, warehouses, distribution centers, retail stores, and consumer pantries (Highland, 1978). The warehouse beetle, Trogoderma variabile Ballion, and Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner), are cosmopolitan insect pests (Highland, 1978; Campbell et al., 2002; Arthur et al., 2014), and are associated with food package infestations in retail environments (Roesli et al., 2003).
Despite T. variabile not climbing directly onto the food packaging surface, the volatility and effectiveness of the [treated] packaging material was evident from the deformities observed when exposed to [treated] packages in contrast to not finding any deformities when exposed to untreated packages. Scheff et al. (2016, 2017) also observed deformations in the egg to adult development of T. variabile exposed [to] woven packaging materials.”
Deanna S. Scheff, Bhadriraju Subramanyam, Frank. H. Arthur, Hulya Dogan
Plodia interpunctella and Trogoderma variable larval penetration and invasion of untreated and [treated] foil packaging
Journal of Stored Products Research, 1 May 2018
