flour beetle

English

Noun

flour beetle (plural flour beetles)

1. Any of several beetle species (genera Tribolium, Gnathocerus, and others in family Tenebrionidae) that are found in grain and grain products.

Derived terms

• red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum)
• confused flour beetle (Tribolium confusum)
• destructive flour beetle (Tribolium destructor)
• black flour beetle (Tribolium madens)
• broad-horned flour beetle (Gnathocerus cornutus)
• depressed flour beetle (Caenocorse subdepressa => Palorus subdepressus)
• long-headed flour beetle (Latheticus oryzae)
• 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