Latheticus oryzae

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

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
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Latheticus
Species:
L. oryzae
Binomial name
Latheticus oryzae

Description

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

Diet

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

The female lays 400 white eggs on grains.

References

  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.
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