Latheticus oryzae

Short description: Species of beetle

Latheticus oryzae

Illustration of Latheticus oryzae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Infraorder:  | Cucujiformia
Family:  | Tenebrionidae
Genus:  | Latheticus
Species:  |

L. oryzae

Binomial name
Latheticus oryzae

Waterhouse, 1880[1]

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

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Diet
* 3 Reproduction
* 4 References

## 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q14927347 entry

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