- Grain beetle
Grain beetle can mean:
*Foreign grain beetle ,
*Merchant grain beetle, or
*Saw-toothed grain beetle .
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grain beetle — a beetle of the genus Tenebrio; its larva is the mealworm … Medical dictionary
grain beetle — noun : any of several small beetles whose larvae feed on and destroy stored grain … Useful english dictionary
Saw-toothed grain beetle — Taxobox name = Sawtoothed grain beetle image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Silvanidae genus = Oryzaephilus species= O. surinamensis binomial = Oryzaephilus surinamensis binomial… … Wikipedia
Foreign grain beetle — Taxobox | name = Ahasverus advena regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Silvanidae genus = Ahasverus species = A. advena binomial = Ahasverus advena binomial authority = (Waltl, 1832)The foreign grain … Wikipedia
Merchant grain beetle — Taxobox name = Merchant grain beetle image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Silvanidae genus = Oryzaephilus species= O. mercator binomial = Oryzaephilus mercator binomial authority … Wikipedia
flat grain beetle — ▪ insect any member of the insect family Silvanidae (order Coleoptera), closely related to and sometimes included in the flat bark beetle (q.v.) family Cucujidae. These beetles are usually less than 3 millimetres (0.1 inch) in length.… … Universalium
square-necked grain beetle — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a small reddish beetle (Cathartus quadricollis) that feeds on dry cereal products called also red grain beetle … Useful english dictionary
red grain beetle — noun : square necked grain beetle … Useful english dictionary
flat grain beetle — noun : a minute flattened oblong reddish brown cucujid beetle (Cryptolestes pusillus) common in stored grain where it feeds chiefly on damaged grains and debris … Useful english dictionary
rusty grain beetle — noun : a reddish brown cucujid beetle (Cryptolestes ferrugineus) that is destructive to stored grain products … Useful english dictionary
