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Cadelle

Tenebroides mauritanicus (Linnaeus)

Status not recordedbeetles

The cadelle (Tenebroides mauritanicus) is a species in the family Trogossitidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the cadelle

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 the cadelle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cadelle as introduced in 12 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Cyprus
  3. Czechia
  4. Denmark
  5. Estonia
  6. Italy
  7. Japan
  8. Latvia
  9. Russia
  10. Slovenia
  11. Sweden
  12. 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 cadelle 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 cadelle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyTrogossitidae
  6. genusTenebroides
  7. SpeciesTenebroides mauritanicus (Linnaeus)

Synonyms Alphitobius mauritanicus, Platycerus striatus, Tenebrio mauritanicus, Tenebrioides mauretanicus, Tenebrioides mauritanicus, Trogossita mauritanicus

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Bread beetleEnglish
  • Cadelle beetleEnglish
  • kornatec skladištníCzech
  • KorngnaverDanish
  • Getreide-FinsterkäferGerman
  • viljapehkiäinenFinnish
  • cadelleFrench
  • コクヌストJapanese
  • 쌀도적Korean
  • korngnagerNorwegian Bokmål
  • CadelDutch
  • ukrytek mauretańskiPolish
  • Козявка мавританскаяRussian
  • ploskáň skladovýSlovak
  • spannmålsgnagareSwedish
  • Kemiren BöcekTurkish
  • 大谷盗Chinese
  • Sort korngnaverDanish
  • Moorse warenkeverDutch
  • Ekin Karaambar BöceğiTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cadelle

Other species in the same genus Tenebroides.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cadelle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cadelle as introduced in 12 countries, including Austria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark and Estonia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the cadelle?

The cadelle (Tenebroides mauritanicus) belongs to the family Trogossitidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cadelle (Tenebroides mauritanicus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cadelle

MLA

“Cadelle (Tenebroides mauritanicus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cadelle.

BibTeX
@misc{cadelle_2026,
  title = {Cadelle (Tenebroides mauritanicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cadelle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}