Insect pests may make food products and by-products unfit for human consumption. This study reports the occurrence of Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) in packaged seeds of black Sesamum indicum. An intact plastic pot of S. indicum seeds was purchased by a consumer in a supermarket in Divińopolis, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in April 2014 and was kept at his home for 3 months. Two hundred adults of this insect (196 dead and 4 alive) were counted in the pot with the seeds, besides three live larvae. This insect fed on S. indicum seeds, making them unfit for consumption. L. serricorne feed on and reproduce in S. indicum seeds stored in plastic packaging.
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Moura, E. D. S., Zanuncio, J. C., D’Antonino Faroni, L. R., Heleno, F. F., Wilcken, C. F., Plata-Rueda, A., & Serrão, J. E. (2017). Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae): First report on black sesame (Sesamum indicum). Journal of Food Protection, 80(11), 1941–1943. https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-16-476
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