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Wardrobe beetle

Attagenus fasciatus (Thunberg, 1795)

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The wardrobe beetle (Attagenus fasciatus) is a species in the family Dermestidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the wardrobe 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 wardrobe beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. France
  2. Japan

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 wardrobe 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 wardrobe beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyDermestidae
  6. genusAttagenus
  7. SpeciesAttagenus fasciatus (Thunberg, 1795)

Synonyms Anthrenus fasciatus, Anthrenus gloriosae, Attagenus annulatus, Attagenus annulifer, Attagenus cinnamomeus, Attagenus fasciatus, Attagenus gloriosae, Attagenus gossypiatus, Attagenus plebeius, Attagenus unifasciatus, Trogoderma subfasciatum

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Tobacco seed beetleEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the wardrobe beetle

Other species in the same genus Attagenus.

Fur beetle

Attagenus pellio

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Common questions

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Is the wardrobe beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wardrobe beetle as introduced in 2 countries: France and Japan, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the wardrobe beetle?

The wardrobe beetle (Attagenus fasciatus) belongs to the family Dermestidae 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). Wardrobe beetle (Attagenus fasciatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wardrobe-beetle

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“Wardrobe beetle (Attagenus fasciatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/wardrobe-beetle.

BibTeX
@misc{wardrobe_beetle_2026,
  title = {Wardrobe beetle (Attagenus fasciatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wardrobe-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}