Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. Pdf biological control of storedproduct insects in. Tribolium confusum tinea pellionella tineola bisselliella blattella germanica supella longipalpa lepisma saccharina thermobia. Physiology of intracellular symbiotes of stegobium paniceum l. As name indicates, it is a pest for both herbal medicines and stored biscuits. Many ships harbour endemic populations, larvae remaining concealed behind paint or rust scale, and because of its notoriety the species is on the quarantine pest list of. Villa, 1833 anobium minutum fabricius, 1792 anobium nanum kuster, 1849 anobium obesum melsheimer, 1845 anobium pusillus gyllenhal, 1808.
The drugstore beetle is similar to the cigarette beetle in appearance but is slightly larger, more elongate, and has distinctly grooved wing covers. Pdf the control of the drugstore beetle, stegobium. The khapra beetle is one of the most destructive pests of whole grain and cereal products in warmer areas of the world, particularly north africa and the indian subcontinent. It is the only member of the monotypic genus stegobium the drugstore beetle has a worldwide distribution though it is more common in. It is able to feed on a variety of plant and animal products including bread and flour and even hot spices. Its strong chewing mandibles can bore into books, through plastic and even through thin layers of tin foil. Larvae tunnel through the substrate and when fully grown build a cocoon and pupate. Adults of lasioderma serricorne and stegobium paniceum.
Signs of infestation look for the adult beetles and the fine powder they leave behind after feeding. Research on one kind of essentia l oil against drugstore beetle stegobium paniceum l. Stegobium species stegobium paniceum name synonyms anobium ferrugineum herbst, 1783 anobium ireos a. In the last years parasitoid wasps were applied in biological pest control strategies in mils and storages in the food industry. First record of dinoderus dinoderastes japonicus in italy. Use of temperature to control an infestation of biscuit or drugstore beetle stegobium paniceum l. Details studies on the symbiotic yeasts of two insect. Adults of both species enter food storage containers and lay eggs on the dry foods.
Espesye sa bakukang nga una nga gihulagway ni linnaeus ni adtong 1758 ang stegobium paniceum. Drugstore beetle larvae are similar but do not have the fuzzy appearance. Les auteurs ont soumis des larves destegobium paniceum l. Stegobium testaceum thunberg, 1784 stegobium upsaliense gmelin, 1790 stegobium minutum fabricius, 1792 stegobium rubellum marsham, 1802 stegobium tenuicorne marsham, 1802 stegobium pusillum gyllenhal, 1808 stegobium tenuistriatum say, 1825 stegobium ireos villa and villa, 1833 stegobium obesum melsheimer, 1846 stegobium nanum. Chemoenzymatic synthesis of stegobinone and stegobiol, components of the natural sex pheromone of the drugstore beetle stegobium paniceum l.
Using parasitoid wasps in integrated pest management ipm. Sep 30, 2011 preliminary data on stegobium paniceum l. The scientific name, paniceum, comes from the latin word for bread. Storedproduct pests are responsible for tremendous damage and economic losses to postharvest and stored grains and seeds, packaged food products, and. New sex pheromone component of femalestegobium paniceum l. Ang stegobium paniceum sakop sa kahenera nga stegobium sa kabanay nga anobiidae. Montana field guide contains a wealth of information about montanas diverse species. The results showed that egg, larval, and pupal stages of s. Dec 05, 2008 attack of the biscuit beetle sooner or later youre likely to open a packet of flour to do some baking and see tiny little beetles, 23mm long, crawling around. Anobiidae 3 life history females lay up to 75 eggs in the food or substrate. The female beetles are larger and their elytra are wider towards the rear end, whereas the male elytra have parallel sides. Jan 26, 2014 one of my favourites is the biscuit beetle, stegobium paniceum. Stegobium paniceum linnaeus diagnostic morphology adults.
Stegobium testaceum thunberg, 1784 stegobium upsaliense gmelin, 1790 stegobium minutum fabricius, 1792 stegobium rubellum marsham, 1802 stegobium tenuicorne marsham, 1802 stegobium pusillum gyllenhal, 1808 stegobium tenuistriatum say, 1825 stegobium ireos villa and villa, 1833 stegobium obesum melsheimer, 1846 stegobium. The pest is the last thing you want to share your food with. The distribution and economic importance of each species are discussed. The other difference is that the elytra wing covers of the drugstore beetle have rows of pits. May feed on any organic material, including grains, cereals, book binding and pages, and spices. The drugstore beetle is similar to the cigarette beetle and the furniture beetle in appearance but is slightly larger, more elongate, and has distinctly striated wing covers. Fleshy mushrooms and polypores, which are particularly prone to such infestations, are destroyed by these creatures.
Nuisance and household pestscigarette beetle and drugstore. It is able to feed on a variety of plant and animal products including bread and flour and even hot spices and drugs. Integrated pest management ipm of the drug store beetle. Stegobium paniceum anobium punctatum xestobium spp. Sharply domed thorax, wider on the sides, with a finely grainy, thickly pubescent surface, like the upper part of the elytra. Striated elytra of an adult drugstore beetle, stegobium paniceum l. The drugstore beetle stegobium paniceum feeds on almost anything of vegetable origin, including a great variety of stored foods, seeds, breakfast cereals and the like. Stegobium paniceum wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. As the same pests like the drugstore or biscuit beetle stegobium paniceum, tobacco beetle lasioderma serricorne, and webbing clothes moth tineola bisselliella are. Biscuit beetles are often confused with furniture beetleswoodworm.
Some organic objects and materials are often reinfested after treatment. Drugstore beetles do not bite, but they will chow down on your bread, flour, cereal, spices and pet food. Dimitris kalaitzakis department of chemistry, university of crete, heraklio 71003, crete, greece, fax. Stegobium nanum kuester, 1849 stegobium obesum melsheimer, 1846 stegobium ireos villa and villa, 1833 stegobium tenuistriatum say, 1825 stegobium pusillum gyllenhal, 1808 stegobium tenuicorne marsham, 1802 stegobium rubellum marsham, 1802 stegobium minutum fabricius, 1792 stegobium. Drugstore beetle, bread beetle, or biscuit beetle geographical distribution. Stegobium paniceum an overview sciencedirect topics.
Research on one kind of essential oil against drugstore. Anobiidae the biological aspects of stegobium paniceum l. Vegetation and landscape from 14th to 17th century ad in. Stegobium paniceum is even more polyphagous, as it can feed upon a wide range of natural or manufactured stored plant products. It was given the latin name paniceum because of its affintity to breads. Cylindrical, oblong body, covered in a pubescence of very fine flat bristles. Drugstore beetle, bread beetle, biscuit beetle espanol. Studies on a sex pheromone in stegobium paniceum l. Species stegobium paniceum drugstore beetle classification other common names synonyms and other taxonomic changes explanation of names size identification range habitat season food life cycle remarks see also internet references works cited. Insecta, holometabola, coleoptera, anobiidae common name. Species stegobium paniceum drugstore beetle bugguide.
Pm100211 phosphine fumigation of stored products to control stored product insects in general. At the time of purchase, examine foods such as cornmeal and macaroni for infestations, and check the packaging date to establish freshness. Many are wood borers but two, the cigarette beetle, lasioderma serricorne f. Females extracted in diethyl ether showed the presence of pheromone immediately after eclosion 0 days but secretion is delayed until 34 days just before emergence from the. The external egg morphology of two storedproduct pests, stegobium paniceum and lasioderma serricorne, is presented herein based on optical and scanning electron microscope micrographs. Pest control information sheet the biscuit beetle stegobium.
They are often found in grains, packaged foods, and other plant and animal. An stegobium paniceum in nahilalakip ha genus nga stegobium, ngan familia nga anobiidae. Drugstore beetle stegobium paniceum linnaeus, 1758 kingdom animalia animals phylum arthropoda arthropods class insecta insects order coleoptera beetles family ptinidae deathwatch beetles genus stegobium. Stegobium paniceum anobium punctatum anobium stegobium anobium punctatum stegobium paniceum anobium punctatum, the woodworm beetle l stegobium paniceum, the biscuit beetle l l the above results from trap pair 11 at site one show just how effective the new lure is. It is the only member of the monotypic genus stegobium. The larvae fig 3 are hairy but longer and less rotund than anthrenus sp. Cosmopolitan, more common in warmer regions morphology. Body of larva is bent cshaped, about 6 mm long, white, covered with fine short hairs, head brown. Biscuit beetles stegobium paniceum and webbing clothes moths tineola bisselliella cause a large proportion of the damage of museum objects. Commonly called biscuit beetle stegobium paniceum, and in the us drugstore or bread beetle they are, apparently, harmless and unless you see them in large numbers. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Identification guide to common invertebrates of new zealand. Kajian aspek biologi stegobium paniceum coleoptera.
The dose of 192 ull of oil achieved complete mortality of larvae after the pests were exposed for 96 h and the dose of 96 ull achieved the same result after exposu re of 120 h. Many are wood borers, but two, the drugstore beetle, stegobium paniceum l. Stegobiol, a new sex pheromone component of drugstore. One of my favourites is the biscuit beetle, stegobium paniceum.
The drugstore beetle stegobium paniceum, also known as the bread beetle or biscuit beetle, is a tiny, brown beetle that can be found infesting a wide variety of dried plant products, where it is among the most common nonweevils to be found. Drugstore beetles stegobium paniceum, also known as biscuit beetles or herbarium beetles and cigarette, or tobacco, beetles lasioderma serricorne feed on dried fungus, paper, and adhesives. Integrated pest management ipm of the drug store beetle, stegobium paniceum l. Chemoenzymatic synthesis of stegobinone and stegobiol. Sometimes the pasta factory and mill may constitute an industrial unity where the abovementioned species can also fly and penetrate into the processing and packaging departments if the. They have longitudinal rows of fine hairs on the elytra. Lasioderma serricorne, commonly known as the cigarette beetle, cigar beetle, or tobacco beetle, is an insect very similar in appearance to the drugstore beetle stegobium paniceum and the common furniture beetle anobium punctatum. This page was last edited on 8 december 2014, at 21. Distribution the biscuit beetle is found worldwide and is common throughout the uk. It was in the flour plain and selfraising, the malted shreddies, the dry cat biscuits, the. Stored product pests cause tremendous damage and economic losses to postharvest and stored grains and.
An stegobium paniceum in uska species han coleoptera nga syahan ginhulagway ni linnaeus hadton 1758. The antennae of the cigarette beetle are serrated like the teeth on a saw while the antennae of the drugstore beetle are not and end in a 3segmented club. Oval shaped adults are 110 inch long 23 mm they are reddishbrown in color the wing covers have lengthwise lines of pits giving them a striated lookthe head of the beetle is deflected downward toward the body. Cigarette beetle lasioderma serricorne drugstore beetle stegobium panicum. Pest fact sheet no 7 biscuit beetle name biscuit beetle, bread beetle, drugstore beetle us latin name stegobium paniceum size adult 23mm long larvae are 23mm long but are not normally seen identification features adult reddishbrown oval. This page was last edited on 17 january 2020, at 03. In our previous house in nunhead, it invaded almost everything in the pantry like the beetle, named after the bread, latin panis, which was originally stored in this type of cupboard. Some people suspect that the drugstore beetles common name came from its tendency to infest the herbs that early. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The drugstore beetle, is a pest of stored products.
Stegobie des pharmacies, vrillette petite, vrillette du pain. The control of the drugstore beetle, stegobium paniceum coleoptera. Some people suspect that the drugstore beetles common name came from its tendency to infest the herbs that early druggists used as medicine. Stegobiol, a new sex pheromone component of drugstore beetle stegobium paniceum l. The last three segments of the antennae are like a saw. Comparison of the elytra and antennae of the cigarette beetle, lasioderma serricorne f. For every image in gallery, either accepted or unconfirmed, you can add. Drugstore beetle beetles manaaki whenua landcare research. The biscuit beetle stegobium paniceum description the biscuit beetle is 23mm long and is darkmatt brown in colour. Stegobium paniceum stegpadocuments eppo global database. Stegobium paniceum is the only other anobiid beetle to be a serious pest of stored products, and the adults of the beetle are similar in appearance to the cigarette beetle. Feb 02, 2015 stegobiol, a new sex pheromone component of drugstore beetle stegobium paniceum l. Dinoderus dinoderastes japonicus, a species native of the eastern palaearctic, is reported for the first time from italy on the basis of a female specimen collected in a beech forest veneto region, treviso province, foresta del cansiglio.
Family anobiidae the bread beetle, stegobium paniceum, also known as the biscuit beetle or the drugstore beetle in the u. Dinoderus minutus necrobia rufipes anthrenus flavipes anthrenus verbasci attagenus megatoma dermestes lardarius thylodrias contractus trogoderma inclusum lyctus spp. Anobiidae was studied by culturing the insect on coriander seeds at the laboratory of research center for biological control rcbc, gadjah mada university, under room temperature of 26. Effect of ozone fumigation on controlling drugstore beetle.
External egg morphology of two storedproduct anobiids. Live females 45 days old attract males which first respond when they are 56 days old. The diagnostic characteristics of the eggs of the pests, including the presence or absence of a micropyle, are described and discussed. Stegobium paniceum cigarette beetle lasioderma serricorne cadelle tenebroideas mauritanicus yellow meal worm tenebrio molitor rice weevil sitophilus oryzae maize weevil sitophilus zeamais head not visible from above 18 inch long or more. Like flour beetles, drugstore beetles are often found in places where food is stored and will contaminate these areas when they become infested. Head and thorax bent downwards almost perpendicular to the. It gets its name from the habit of feeding on almost all drugs found in pharmacies. Pronotum is separated by strong constriction from bases of wings. Timing of production of a sex pheromone by females of. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3.