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Cigar beetle

Lasioderma serricorne Fabricius, 1792

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The cigar beetle (Lasioderma serricorne) is a species in the family Ptinidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the cigar beetle

Weight
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Length
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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 cigar beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cigar beetle as introduced in 17 countries, and flagged as invasive in 3 of them.

  1. Italyinvasive
  2. Latviainvasive
  3. United Arab Emiratesinvasive
  4. Austria
  5. Bulgaria
  6. China
  7. Cyprus
  8. Denmark
  9. Estonia
  10. Japan
  11. Poland
  12. Russia
  13. Slovenia
  14. South Africa
  15. Sweden
  16. United States
  17. Venezuela

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 cigar 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 cigar beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyPtinidae
  6. genusLasioderma
  7. SpeciesLasioderma serricorne Fabricius, 1792

Synonyms Lasioderma breve, Lasioderma castaneum, Lasioderma fuscum, Lasioderma testaceum, Lasioderma torquatum, Pseudochina fuscum, Ptilinus serricorne, Ptilinus testaceus, Ptinus serricornis, Xyletinus brevis, Xyletinus torquatum

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • Cigarette beetleEnglish
  • Tobacco beetleEnglish
  • خنفساء السجائرArabic
  • červotoč tabákovýCzech
  • TobaksbilleDanish
  • TabakkäferGerman
  • Gorgojo del tabacoSpanish
  • tupakkakuoriainenFinnish
  • lasioderme du tabacFrench
  • DohányálszúHungarian
  • Tarlo del tabaccoItalian
  • タバコシバンムシJapanese
  • 권연벌레Korean
  • tobakkbilleNorwegian Bokmål
  • TabakskeverDutch
  • Besouro-do-fumoPortuguese
  • Табачный жукRussian
  • มอดยาสูบThai
  • Tatlı KurtTurkish
  • 烟草甲Chinese
  • Escarabajo del tabacoSpanish
  • DohánybogárHungarian
  • Anobio del tabaccoItalian
  • タバコシバンムシ(煙草死番虫)Japanese
  • SigarettenkeverDutch
  • TabakskevertjeDutch
  • Sigara böceğiTurkish
  • 烟草标本虫Chinese
  • 烟草窃蠹Chinese
  • 煙甲蟲Chinese
  • 番四重Chinese
  • 苦丁菜蛀虫Chinese
  • 菸甲蟲Chinese
  • 鋸角毛竊蠹Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cigar beetle

Other species in the same genus Lasioderma.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cigar beetle an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the cigar beetle as invasive in 3 countries: Italy, Latvia and United Arab Emirates. It lists it as introduced in 17 in all.

What kind of animal is the cigar beetle?

The cigar beetle (Lasioderma serricorne) belongs to the family Ptinidae 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). Cigar beetle (Lasioderma serricorne). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cigar-beetle

MLA

“Cigar beetle (Lasioderma serricorne).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cigar-beetle.

BibTeX
@misc{cigar_beetle_2026,
  title = {Cigar beetle (Lasioderma serricorne)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cigar-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}