A small brown darkling beetle that is a widespread pest of flour and other cereal products.
面象虫，粉甲虫
Genera Tribolium, Gnathocerus, and others, family Tenebrionidae: several species
Example sentencesExamples
In either case, damage to stored grain by the lesser grain borer, rice weevil, red flour beetle, and rusty grain beetle costs the U.S. wheat industry about $500 million annually.
IGRs aren't toxic to humans, and they can suppress populations of important stored-product insect pests, such as the red flour beetle and the confused flour beetle.
The red flour beetle is a major pest of stored grain and grain products and a popular model species for a variety of ecological, evolutionary, and developmental biology studies.
The larva of the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum exemplifies this level of evolutionary organization.
This study examined the genetic basis of susceptibility to a tapeworm in the red flour beetle that serves as an intermediate host in its transmission.
Definition of flour beetle in US English:
flour beetle
noun
A small brown darkling beetle that is a widespread pest of flour and other cereal products.
面象虫，粉甲虫
Genera Tribolium, Gnathocerus, and others, family Tenebrionidae: several species
Example sentencesExamples
In either case, damage to stored grain by the lesser grain borer, rice weevil, red flour beetle, and rusty grain beetle costs the U.S. wheat industry about $500 million annually.
The red flour beetle is a major pest of stored grain and grain products and a popular model species for a variety of ecological, evolutionary, and developmental biology studies.
IGRs aren't toxic to humans, and they can suppress populations of important stored-product insect pests, such as the red flour beetle and the confused flour beetle.
This study examined the genetic basis of susceptibility to a tapeworm in the red flour beetle that serves as an intermediate host in its transmission.
The larva of the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum exemplifies this level of evolutionary organization.