Tribolium castaneum

(Herbst, 1797)

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Common name (English)

Bran bug; Red flour beetle

Ηabitat

J1 Buildings

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Habitat detail

Stored-product pest

Establishment status

Indoors

Establishment status detail

Cryptogenic: Casual

First detection year

1924

Impacts

Negative

Collected in stored grain (Georghiou 1977); a pest of stored grain, flour etc., also recorded from cotton balls (Morris 1937).

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Food contaminant – Food

References

Morris HM (1937) Injurious insects of Cyprus. Agricultural Department of Cyprus, Bulletin 4 (Ent. Ser. ) 21 pp.

Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens Greece 347 pp.