Rust-red Flour Beetle
Tribolium castaneum
The red flour beetle is a species of beetle in the family Tenebrionidae, the darkling beetles. The red flour beetle, and other closely related beetles like Gnatocerus cornutus, are a worldwide pest of stored products, particularly food grains, and a model organism for ethological and food safety research.
- Scientific name
- Tribolium castaneum
- Family
- Tenebrionidae