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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.

Pests of Stored Products

There have been recorded many introduced pests of grain, dried fruit, cereal food, flour, cocoa, carpets, animal skins, etc., and even of books. These occur in the orders Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Thysanura, Hemiptera, Diptera, and Psocoptera.

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William Cottier D.SC., Late Director, Entomology Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Nelson.