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Latheticus oryzae

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Latheticus oryzae
Illustration of "Latheticus oryzae"
Illustration of Latheticus oryzae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Latheticus
Species:
L. oryzae
Binomial name
Latheticus oryzae

Latheticus oryzae (common name long headed flour beetle) is a species of beetle.

Description

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This beetle is light brown in color with elongated body measuring 2-3 mm. It resembles Tribolium casteneum..

Diet

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Both adult and grub feed on a milled product and can exist as a secondary infestation in stored grains. It attacks cereals, flour, packaged food, rice and rice products.

Latheticus oryzae adult dorsal view

Reproduction

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The female lays 400 white eggs on grains.

References

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  1. ^ Waterhouse, Charles O. 1880. Descriptions of a new genus and species of heteromerous Coleoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology, Being a Continuation of the 'Magazine of Botany and Zoology', and of Louden and Charlesworth's 'Magazine of Natural History', Series 5 5(26): 147-148.