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Can indianmeal moth eat through plastic?
Indianmeal moth larvae can eat through soft plastic and cardboard to get at the food inside it.
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Indianmeal moth
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods
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Class
Bugs
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Order
Moths and butterflies
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Family
Pyralid moths
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Genus
Plodia
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Species
Indianmeal moth (Plodia interpunctella)
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