1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Setomorpha rutella Zeller, 1852 (Lepidoptera: Tineidae: Setomorphinae) Common Name Tropical Tobacco Moth Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141492 Image Library New Zealand Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/ Partners for New Zealand Biosecurity image library Landcare Research — Manaaki Whenua http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/ MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Tropical Tobacco Moth (Setomorpha rutella) Updated on 5/2/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141492 2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Coconut, Ginger, Yam Distribution: 0 Unknown Status: NZ - Exotic Groups: Moths Host Family: 0 Unknown Pest Status: 0 Unknown 2.4. Other Names Tineid Moth 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult** Wingspan 9-22mm, brown, speckled with dark brown or black. Head-scales directed forward. Terminal segment of the labial palpus markedly spatulate. Widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical Old and New World. Larvae feeding on stored cereals, seeds, tobacco and other dried vegetable material. **References** - Pelham-Clinton, E.C. (1985). _Tineidae_. In: Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (Eds.), _The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2_. Cossidae-Heliodinidae. Harley Books, Colchester, pp. 152-207 pp. 2.6. References - Pelham-Clinton, E.C. (1985). _Tineidae_. In: Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (Eds.), _The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2_. Cossidae-Heliodinidae. Harley Books, Colchester, pp. 152-207 pp. 2.7. Web Links Swedish Museum of Natural History: http://www2.nrm.se/en/lep_nrm/r/setomorpha_rutella.html 3. Diagnostic Images LEP99 LEP99 Dorsal - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Headside - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF LEP99 LEP99 Headtop - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Lateral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF LEP99 LEP99 Ventral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Wing - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF 4. Other Images LEP99 LEP99 Cocoon - Dorsal: Caroline Harding MAF Dorsal - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF LEP99 LEP99 Headfront - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Headside - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF LEP99 LEP99 Lateral - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Pro-legs - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Results Generated: Thursday, September 30, 2021 .