flour beetle
English
Noun
flour beetle (plural flour beetles)
- Any of several beetle species (genera Tribolium, Gnathocerus, and others in family Tenebrionidae) that are found in grain and grain products.
Derived terms
- black flour beetle (Tribolium madens)
- broad-horned flour beetle (Gnathocerus cornutus)
- confused flour beetle (Tribolium confusum)
- depressed flour beetle (Caenocorse subdepressa => Palorus subdepressus)
- destructive flour beetle (Tribolium destructor)
- long-headed flour beetle (Latheticus oryzae)
- red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum)
- rust-red flour beetle (Tribolium navale)
- short-horned flour beetle (Latheticus oryzae)
- slender-horned flour beetle (Gnathocerus maxillosus)
- small-eyed flour beetle (Caenocorse ratzeburgi => Palorus ratzeburgii)
References
- “flour beetle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- flour beetle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia