Latheticus oryzae

Latheticus oryzae
	Illustration of Latheticus oryzae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
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.

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.

Reproduction

The female lays 400 white eggs on grains.

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References

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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[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.