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Anthrenus festivus

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Anthrenus festivus is a species in the family Dermestidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about Anthrenus festivus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Anthrenus festivus live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Anthrenus festivus as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Austria

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Anthrenus festivus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Anthrenus festivus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyDermestidae
  6. genusAnthrenus
  7. SpeciesAnthrenus festivus Erichson, 1846

Synonyms Anthrenus delicatus, Anthrenus festivus, Anthrenus funestus, Anthrenus guttulatus, Anthrenus museorum, Anthrenus museorum var. festivus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Anthrenus festivus

Other species in the same genus Anthrenus.

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Anthrenus scrophulariae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Anthrenus festivus an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Anthrenus festivus as introduced in 1 country: Austria, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Anthrenus festivus?

Anthrenus festivus (Anthrenus festivus) belongs to the family Dermestidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Anthrenus festivus (Anthrenus festivus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/anthrenus-festivus

MLA

“Anthrenus festivus (Anthrenus festivus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/anthrenus-festivus.

BibTeX
@misc{anthrenus_festivus_2026,
  title = {Anthrenus festivus (Anthrenus festivus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/anthrenus-festivus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}