Indian corn borer belongs to LEPIDOPTERA family, which is distributed all over the world. Except Tibet, it is distributed in all provinces, cities and autonomous regions in China. Larvae harms all kinds of food and processed products, such as beans, oilseeds, peanuts, dried fruits, dried vegetables, milk powder, preserves, Chinese herbal medicines, tobacco leaves and so on. Among them, grains, soybeans, melons, red dates and grain flour are the most seriously affected.

Larvae like to eat grain embryos, which affects the germination rate; Dried fruits and dried vegetables are eaten into holes without carving, and grain and excrement often spin silk, and the surface is closed with nets, which makes them agglomerate and deteriorate.

It is most common in dried mushrooms.

No poison!