Drugstore beetle: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the drugstore beetle lives – recorded in 25 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Stegobium paniceum
Group	Beetles
Found in	25 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania
Class	Insect
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Anobiidae

Where does the drugstore beetle live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the drugstore beetle in 25 countries and territories across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. In Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Sweden it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the drugstore beetle?

The drugstore beetle (Stegobium paniceum) is an insect in the order Coleoptera and the family Anobiidae, genus Stegobium. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the drugstore beetle

The drugstore beetle (Stegobium paniceum), also known as the bread beetle, biscuit beetle, and misnamed as the biscuit weevil (despite not being a weevil), is a small brown beetle that infests a wide variety of dried plant products, where it is among the most common non-weevils. It is the only living member of the genus Stegobium. It belongs to the family Ptinidae, which also includes the deathwatch beetle, furniture beetle and cigarette beetle. A notable characteristic of this species is the symbiotic relationship the beetles have with a yeast-like fungus which is transmitted from female to larvae through the oviduct.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Drugstore beetle (revision 1380663412), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q11962 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).