The most important insect pests of stored yam tubers are a pyralid moth (Euzopherodes vapidella) and a moth (Tineidae sp). From Wordnik.com. [4 Yams] Reference
An infestation by Araecerus fasciculatus (Degeer) (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) and Decadarchis minuscula (Walsingham) (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) on stored fresh yam tubers in southeast Nigeria. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 37] Reference
Of Lepidoptera, Sphingidae and Tineidae have been found in the Oolite; while ants, representing the highly specialised Hymenoptera, have occurred in the Purbeck and Lias. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
Tineidae, 62. From Wordnik.com. [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference
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