Bread beetle
Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedbeetles
The bread beetle (Stegobium paniceum) is a species in the family Ptinidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.36 mm in length.
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Quick facts about the bread beetle
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 2.36 mmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the bread beetle?
Where does the bread beetle live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bread beetle as introduced in 14 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.
- Latviainvasive
- Swedeninvasive
- Austria
- Canary Islands
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Estonia
- Ireland
- Japan
- Mongolia
- Poland
- Russia
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
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 the bread beetle 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 the bread beetle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- familyPtinidae
- genusStegobium
- SpeciesStegobium paniceum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Anobium ferrugineum, Anobium ireos, Anobium minutum, Anobium nanum, Anobium obesum, Anobium paniceum, Anobium pusillus, Anobium striatellum, Anobium tenuestriatum, Anobium villosum, Byrrhus paniceus, Cis bonariensis, Cis striatopunctatum, Dermestes paniceus, Dryophilus pusillus, Dryophilus semipallidus, Ptinus rubellus, Ptinus tenuicornis, Ptinus testaceus, Ptinus upsaliensis, Sitodrepa panicea, Stegobium ferrugineum, Stegobium ireos, Stegobium minutum, Stegobium nanum, Stegobium obesum, Stegobium pusillum, Stegobium rubellum, Stegobium tenuicorne, Stegobium tenuistriatum, Stegobium testaceum, Stegobium upsaliense
Other names and names in other languages (35)
- Biscuit beetleEnglish
- Drug store beetleEnglish
- Drug-store beetleEnglish
- Drugstore beetleEnglish
- Stegobium paniceumCatalan
- červotoč chlebovýCzech
- BrødbilleDanish
- BrotkäferGerman
- gorgojo del panSpanish
- leipäkuoriainenFinnish
- vrillette petiteFrench
- stégobie des pharmaciesFrench
- Vrillette du painFrench
- KenyérbogárHungarian
- Anobio del paneItalian
- Tarlo dei biscottiItalian
- ジンサンシバンムシJapanese
- 인삼벌레Korean
- Duoninis skaptukasLithuanian
- BroodkeverDutch
- BroodklopkeverDutch
- Żywiak chlebowiecPolish
- Besouro-de-farmáciaPortuguese
- Хлебный точильщикRussian
- črvotoč chlebovýSlovak
- brödbaggeSwedish
- มอดสมุนไพรThai
- точильник хлібнийUkrainian
- 药甲Chinese
- 药材甲Chinese
- 药材谷盜Chinese
- 药栈甲虫Chinese
- 药谷盗Chinese
- 葯材甲Chinese
- 藥材甲蟲Chinese
Relatives of the bread beetle
Other species in the same family Ptinidae.
House borer
Anobium punctatum
Knock beetle
Xestobium rufovillosum
Cigar beetle
Lasioderma serricorne
Whitemark spider beetle
Ptinus fur
Golden spider beetle
Niptus hololeucus
Pine knot borer
Ernobius mollis
CompareBread beetle vs House borerBread beetle vs Knock beetleBread beetle vs Cigar beetleBread beetle vs Whitemark spider beetle
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the bread beetle?
An adult bread beetle measures 2.36 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the bread beetle an invasive species?
In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the bread beetle as invasive in 2 countries: Latvia and Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 14 in all.
What kind of animal is the bread beetle?
The bread beetle (Stegobium paniceum) belongs to the family Ptinidae in the order Coleoptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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