These larvae are dirty white tinged, with brown or purple dots. Which pest does this description refer to?

• A. Almond moth
• B. Indian meal moth
• C. Oat moth
• D. Grain moth

Answer: (A)

The description matches almond moth larvae. They’re usually dirty white or cream-colored and show small brown or purplish dots along their body segments, a distinctive spotted look. This pattern helps differentiate them from other pantry moth larvae, like Indian meal moth larvae, which are more uniformly pinkish-white with a darker head, and from oat or grain moth larvae, which don’t have that dotted pattern. So the dotted, creamy larva is characteristic of almond moth.