Species Tenebrio molitor - yellow mealworm

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks

large brown tenebrionid - Tenebrio molitor

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)

Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)

Subfamily Tenebrioninae

Genus Tenebrio (Mealworm beetles)

Species molitor (yellow mealworm)

Explanation of Names

molitor is Latin for "miller"

the common name refers to larval colouration.

Size

13-18mm

Identification

Dorsal surface with slight luster.

Range

cosmopolitan

Remarks

storage pest.

Contributed by Boris Büche on 2 April, 2007 - 6:25am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 4 June, 2007 - 1:00am

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