Cryptolestes turcicus (Grouvelle, 1876)

Information in Alien Species in Poland database are purely scientific and not legally binding.

Status

The species is alien in whole area of its current or past occurrence in Poland

Currently present indoors

Reproducing indoorss

Invasive alien species

Stored product pest – contaminates flour.

References

• Wojas T. 2025. New records of alien beetle species (Insecta: Coleoptera) in southern Poland. Wiadomości Entomologiczne 44: 40-42. link

Life form: Insect

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Laemophloeidae