Cryptolestes turcicus (Grouvelle, 1876)

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Status

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

Currently present indoors

Reproducing indoors

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