Egg mortality of pasta pest during pasta making

Abstract

In an experimental plant evidence of surviving eggs of Sitophilus oryzae (L.), Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du Val, Plodia interpunctella (H\ufcbner) and Lasioderma serricorne (F.) has been proved on both short and long pasta. In all tests, no infestation of pasta has been observed. It is impossible for Lepidoptera and Coleoptera eggs to survive during pasta making