Rhyzopertha dominica

TaxID: 92692

Basic Information

Rhyzopertha dominica

Lesser Grain Borer, Lesser Grain-Borer, lesser grain borer

Rhyzopertha is a monotypic genus of beetles in the family Bostrichidae, the false powderpost beetles. The sole species, Rhyzopertha dominica, is known commonly as the lesser grain borer, American wheat weevil, Australian wheat weevil, and stored grain borer. It is a beetle commonly found within store bought products and pest of stored cereal grains located worldwide. It is also a major pest of peanuts. The first documentation of wheat infestation by R. dominica was observed in Australia. R. dominica are usually reddish brown to dark brown in coloration, vary in sizes, elongated and cylindrical.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Bostrichidae

Rhyzopertha

dominica

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Rhyzopertha dominica
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(c) Inacio Oliveira@BY
Rhyzopertha dominica
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(c) CSIRO@BY
Rhyzopertha dominica
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(c) Udo Schmidt@BY-SA
Rhyzopertha dominica
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(c) Erwin Holzer@BY-NC
Rhyzopertha dominica
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(c) RAP@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Cambodia Quarantine pests —
Paraguay Quarantine pests —

Distribution (50 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Brazil Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
China Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_054553145.1 Chromosome 490 2728 56704 -
GCA_025024175.1 Scaffold 479 878 53594 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR31063302 whole body (K) - - 23005584 China: Zhengzhou
SRR31063301 whole body (K) - - 23701993 China: Zhengzhou
SRR31063300 whole body (CK) - - 22927841 China: Zhengzhou

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature