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TENEBRIO MOLITOR [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Tenebrio molitor
Latin
DEF

The larva of various beetles of the family Tenebrionidae that infests, feeds on, and pollutes grain products (as flour and meals) but is often cultured for food for insectivorous animals, laboratory use, or as bait for fishing; esp: a pale brown to yellowish larva of a cosmopolitan beetle.

Key term(s)
  • yellow meal worm

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Tenebrio molitor
Latin
CONT

Entreposées dans de mauvais locaux, les farines peuvent être attaquées par de nombreux déprédateurs : mites de la farine, blattes, ténébrions meuniers et leurs larves, lesquelles portent improprement le nom de «vers de farine».

CONT

Le ver de farine est une larve allongée, presque cylindrique, qui atteint 35 mm de long et dont la couleur est jaunâtre ou brunâtre. Ses pattes sont courtes et épineuses. L'insecte adulte a le corps allongé, de forme parallèle, brun noir et de 20 mm de long.

Spanish

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