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Flour mill beetle

Cryptolestes turcicus (Grouvelle, 1876)

Status not recordedbeetles

The flour mill beetle (Cryptolestes turcicus) is a species in the family Cucujidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the flour mill beetle

Weight
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Lifespan
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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 flour mill beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the flour mill beetle as introduced in 5 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Latviainvasive
  2. Austria
  3. France
  4. Japan
  5. Sweden

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 flour mill 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 flour mill beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCucujidae
  6. genusCryptolestes
  7. SpeciesCryptolestes turcicus (Grouvelle, 1876)

Synonyms Cryptolestes truncatus, Laemophloeus truncatus, Laemophloeus turcicus

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Smaller rusty grain beetleEnglish
  • turkinhäröFinnish
  • トルコカクムネチビヒラタムシJapanese
  • 터키모진머리대장Korean
  • 小锈扁谷盗Chinese
  • 土耳其扁谷盗Chinese
  • 小锈赤扁谷盗Chinese

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Relatives of the flour mill beetle

Other species in the same genus Cryptolestes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the flour mill beetle an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the flour mill beetle as invasive in 1 country: Latvia. It lists it as introduced in 5 in all.

What kind of animal is the flour mill beetle?

The flour mill beetle (Cryptolestes turcicus) belongs to the family Cucujidae 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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BibTeX
@misc{flour_mill_beetle_2026,
  title = {Flour mill beetle (Cryptolestes turcicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/flour-mill-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}