What is the life cycle of the indianmeal moth?
Indianmeal moth can take from 25-135 days for moths egg-egg development cycle to occur. One moth can lay 100-400 eggs over 1-18 day period.

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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods

Class
Bugs

Family
Pyralid moths

Genus
Plodia

Species
Indianmeal moth (Plodia interpunctella)