What is an Indian meal moth?

Adult Indian meal moths are small, just under a half an inch long on average, with a wingspan just slightly longer than the length of their bodies. Their wings are a light grey fading into bronze-y brown with distinguishable patterns in a blackish-brown. Sometimes called Indian moths and otherwise known as Plodia interpunctella, the Indian meal moth got its colloquial name from how frequently it eats “Indian corn” or maize crops. A single female can lay up to 400 eggs after mating and upon hatching. Meal moth larvae are capable of completing their development into adults in just six to eight weeks.