Date moth

…The larvae are major pests of stored grains and dried foods, and are also called the brown rice moth because they feed on rice, wheat, beans, and their flour, buckwheat, bran, and tobacco. They are also known as the almond moth, fig moth, and date moth. They occur relatively frequently in imported rice because of the large amount of broken rice and flour. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "date moth" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…幼虫は貯蔵穀物や乾燥食品の大害虫で，米，麦，豆のほか，これらの粉，そば粉，ぬか，タバコなどを食害するのでコナマダラメイガとも呼ばれる。英名はalmond moth,fig moth,date moth。外米に比較的多く発生するのは，砕米と粉が多いためである。…

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