Infestation of a Bird and Two Cats by Larvae of Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Rhonda D. Pinckney; Karin Kanton; Cheryl N. Foster; Howard Steinberg; Phillip Pellitteri

doi:10.1603/0022-2585-38.5.725

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1 September 2001 Infestation of a Bird and Two Cats by Larvae of Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Rhonda D. Pinckney, Karin Kanton, Cheryl N. Foster, Howard Steinberg, Phillip Pellitteri

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Rhonda D. Pinckney,¹ Karin Kanton,² Cheryl N. Foster,³ Howard Steinberg,¹ Phillip Pellitteri⁴

¹Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine, 2015 Linden Drive West, Madison, WI 53706. pinckner@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
²2701 East Washington Street, Madison, WI 53704
³918 West Sunset Drive, Waukesha, WI 53186. Current address: Crossroads Veterinary Clinic, W5669 County Trunk KK, Appleton, WI 54915
⁴Department of Entomology, Insect Diagnostic Laboratory, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706

J. of Medical Entomology, 38(5):725-727 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-38.5.725

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The larvae of Plodia interpunctella (Hübner), commonly known as the Indian meal moth, often cause enormous losses in stored food supplies. We present three clinical case reports of accidental infestation by P. interpunctella larvae in two domestic cats and one parakeet. A larva gained entry into the avian host and subsequently migrated to the brain. It was alive, covered with “silk-like” fibers and confirmed to be a fourth instar. Plodia interpunctella larvae were excised with forceps from the subcutaneous tissues of the ear and neck of two cats in a different household. Previous reports of infestation by P. interpunctella larvae in vertebrates are unknown.

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Rhonda D. Pinckney, Karin Kanton, Cheryl N. Foster, Howard Steinberg, and Phillip Pellitteri "Infestation of a Bird and Two Cats by Larvae of Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)," Journal of Medical Entomology 38(5), 725-727, (1 September 2001). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-38.5.725

Received: 26 September 2000; Accepted: 1 May 2001; Published: 1 September 2001

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