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cigarette beetle
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cigarette beetle

Small beetle that feeds preferentially on tobacco products, such as cigarettes and cigars. It may, however, feed on a wide range of other products for example, raisins, ginger, cocoa, drugs, and even straw.

Classification

The cigarette beetle Lasioderma serricorne is a member of the family Anobiidae (furniture beetles) in order Coleoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda.



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The scientific name of the infamous tobacco beetle is Lasioderma Serricorne and it can infest all sorts of tobacco, the richer perhaps the better for them actually.
Steffan (1982) had also found the `tobacco beetle', Lasioderma serricorne L.
 
 
 
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