Review Article
Reducing Postharvest Loss of Stored Grains Using Plant-Based Biopesticides: A Review of Past Research Efforts
Table 1
Important stored grain insect pests in most African countries.
| | | Common name | Scientific name | Major commodity attacked |
| | Beetles | | | | | | Rice weevil | Sitophilus oryzae (Linnaeus) | Wheat, rice | | | Maize weevil | Sitophilus zeamais (Motsch.) | Maize | | | Granary weevil | Sitophilus granarius (Linnaeus) | Wheat | | | Khapra beetle | Trogoderma granarium (Everts) | Wheat, rice | | | Lesser grain borer | Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius) | Wheat, paddy | | | Larger grain borer | Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) | Maize | | | Red flour beetle | Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) | Rice | | | Confused flour beetle | Tribolium confusum (Jacquelin du Val) | Rice | | | Long-headed flour beetle | Latheticus oryzae (Waterhouse) | Rice | | | Sawtoothed grain beetle | Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Linnaeus) | Rice | | | Grain beetles | Cryptolestes spp. | Rice |
| | Moths | | | | | | Angoumois grain moth | Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) | Paddy | | | Almond moth | Ephestia cautella (Walker) | Wheat, rice | | | Indian meal moth | Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) | Wheat |
| | Psocids | | | | | | Booklice | Liposcelis spp. | Rice |
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