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Foreign grain beetle

Ahasverus advena (Walt, 1832)

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The foreign grain beetle (Ahasverus advena) is a species in the family Cucujidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the foreign grain beetle

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 foreign grain beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the foreign grain beetle as introduced in 9 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Denmark
  3. Estonia
  4. Italy
  5. Japan
  6. Poland
  7. Russia
  8. Sweden
  9. 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 foreign grain 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 foreign grain beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCucujidae
  6. genusAhasverus
  7. SpeciesAhasverus advena (Walt, 1832)

Synonyms Ahasverus angustatus, Ahasverus guerini, Ahasverus musaeorum, Ahasverus striatus, Cryptophagus advena, Cryptophagus striatus, Latridius musaeorum, Silvanus angustatus, Silvanus guerini

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • lesák bludnýCzech
  • escarabajo de los granosSpanish
  • ahverihäröFinnish
  • cucujide des grainsFrench
  • カドコブホソヒラタムシJapanese
  • Tułacz przybyszPolish
  • 米扁虫Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the foreign grain beetle

Other species in the same genus Ahasverus.

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Common questions

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Is the foreign grain beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the foreign grain beetle as introduced in 9 countries, including Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Italy and Japan, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the foreign grain beetle?

The foreign grain beetle (Ahasverus advena) 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{foreign_grain_beetle_2026,
  title = {Foreign grain beetle (Ahasverus advena)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/foreign-grain-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}