flour beetle

English

Noun

flourbeetle(pluralflour beetles)

1. Any of several beetle species (generaTribolium,Gnathocerus,and others in familyTenebrionidae) 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”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.
• flour beetleon Wikipedia.Wikipedia