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Grain support beetle

Aegosoma scabricorne (Scopoli, 1763)

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The grain support beetle (Aegosoma scabricorne) is a species in the family Cerambycidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 3.93 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 33 countries, including Albania, Armenia and Austria.

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Quick facts about the grain support beetle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
3.93 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
freshwater
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
33 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the grain support beetle?

GRAIN SUPPORT BEETLE · LENGTH 3.93 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 3.93 cm, the recorded maximum length of the grain support beetle is about 2.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the grain support beetle live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The grain support beetle is listed for 33 countries.

IndonesiaRussiaFranceSierra LeoneLebanonIraqIranSyriaArmeniaUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandBelgiumNetherlandsSpainChinaItalyUnited KingdomAzerbaijanGeorgiaSlovakiaBosnia and Herz.Macedonia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Armenia
  3. Austria
  4. Azerbaijan
  5. Belgium
  6. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  7. Bulgaria
  8. China
  9. Croatia
  10. France
  11. Georgia
  12. Germany
  13. Greece
  14. Hungary
  15. Indonesia
  16. Iran
  17. Iraq
  18. Italy
  19. Lebanon
  20. Lithuania
  21. Netherlands
  22. North Macedonia
  23. Poland
  24. Romania
  25. Russia
  26. Sierra Leone
  27. Slovakia
  28. Spain
  29. Switzerland
  30. Syria
  31. Türkiye
  32. Ukraine
  33. United Kingdom

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the grain support beetle as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Denmark

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 grain support 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 grain support beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCerambycidae
  6. genusAegosoma
  7. SpeciesAegosoma scabricorne (Scopoli, 1763)

Synonyms Aegosoma scabricorne, Aegosoma scabricornis, Cerambyx scabricornis, Megopis scabricorne, Megopis scabricornis, Oegosoma ferrugineum, Prionus scabricornis

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • tesařík drsnorohýCzech
  • KörnerbockGerman
  • Prione ermiteFrench
  • DiófacincérHungarian
  • LoofreuzenboktorDutch
  • ZnakownikPolish
  • Усач зернистоусыйRussian
  • fuzáč drsnotykadlovýSlovak
  • Козорожець зерновусийUkrainian
  • Ægosome à antennes rudesFrench
  • Aegosome scabricorneFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the grain support beetle

Other species in the same genus Aegosoma.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the grain support beetle?

An adult grain support beetle measures 3.93 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the grain support beetle live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the grain support beetle for 33 countries, including Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Belgium. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the grain support beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the grain support beetle as introduced in 2 countries: Belgium and Denmark, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the grain support beetle?

The grain support beetle (Aegosoma scabricorne) belongs to the family Cerambycidae 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). Grain support beetle (Aegosoma scabricorne). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/grain-support-beetle

MLA

“Grain support beetle (Aegosoma scabricorne).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/grain-support-beetle.

BibTeX
@misc{grain_support_beetle_2026,
  title = {Grain support beetle (Aegosoma scabricorne)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grain-support-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}