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Life-History and Behaviour of Trogoderma parabile Beal (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

S. R. Loschiavo
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Trogoderma parabile, a Nearctic species, was first described by Beal in 1954. In 1956 he reported it as a fairly common pest of granaries in California. In 1957, E. A. R. Liscombe (personal communication) recovered all stages of T. parabile in large numbers from flour mills and feed warehouses in Southern Alberta. In 1958, Brooks reported it from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where it occurred in several feed mills and was found infesting grain samples stored in small envelopes in the Science Service building. These reports are the first records of T. parabile in Canada. A closely-related Eurasian species, Trogoderma granarium Everts, is a serious pest of stored cereal products in hot dry parts of the world and is well-established in some parts of the United States and the United Kingdom but is not found in Canada. T. parabile, however, can adapt itself to colder conditions and may become a pest of economic importance in some parts of Canada.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 92 , Issue 8 , August 1960 , pp. 611 - 618
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1960

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