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Warehouse beetle

Trogoderma variabile Ballion, 1878

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The warehouse beetle (Trogoderma variabile) is a species in the family Dermestidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the warehouse 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 warehouse beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the warehouse beetle as introduced in 4 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Latviainvasive
  2. Swedeninvasive
  3. United Kingdom
  4. 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 warehouse 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 warehouse beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyDermestidae
  6. genusTrogoderma
  7. SpeciesTrogoderma variabile Ballion, 1878

Synonyms Globicornis quadriguttata unifasciata, Trogoderma brevis, Trogoderma parabile, Trogoderma persica, Trogoderma scabripennis, Trogoderma versicolor var. turkestanicum

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • خنفساء المستودعArabic
  • rušník skladištníCzech
  • Dermeste des entrepôtsFrench
  • 花斑皮蠹Chinese
  • trogoderme des entrepotsFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the warehouse beetle

Other species in the same genus Trogoderma.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the warehouse beetle an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the warehouse beetle as invasive in 2 countries: Latvia and Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 4 in all.

What kind of animal is the warehouse beetle?

The warehouse beetle (Trogoderma variabile) 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

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BibTeX
@misc{warehouse_beetle_2026,
  title = {Warehouse beetle (Trogoderma variabile)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/warehouse-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}