Investigation on insect pest species in grain warehouse and flour mills in Edirne Province

Abstract

This study was carried out in order to define in stored wheat and flour mills on insect pests species in Edirne in the years of 2017-2018. Wheat, flour and bran samples were collected from in total 16 grain store and mills monthly. The results obtained from this study indicated that Sitophilus granarius (L.), Sitophilus oryzae (L.), Tribolium confusum (Duv.), Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), Ephestia kuehniella (Zell.), Plodia interpunctella (Hübner), Rhizopertha Dominica (F.), Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.), Gnathocerus cornutus (Fab.), Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens 1831), Carpophilus dimidiatus (Fabricius, 1792) were defined as insect pests in storages and mills insect pests of stored wheat and flour.