Anthrenus scrophulariae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Dermestidae
- Genus
- Anthrenus
- Species
- Anthrenus scrophulariae
- Scientific Name
- Anthrenus scrophulariae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Anthrenus scrophulariae
Anthrenus (Anthrenus) scrophulariae, also known as the common carpet beetle or buffalo carpet beetle, is a species of beetle originally found in Europe, the Middle East and the Nearctic, which has now spread to most of the world. Adult beetles feed on pollen and nectar, but the larvae feed on animal fibres and can be damaging pests to carpets, fabrics and museum specimens.
...Anthrenus scrophulariae in languages:
- Bokmål
- teppebille
- Czech
- rušník krtičníkový
- English
- Common Carpet Beetle
- English
- Buffalo Carpet Beetle
- English
- Marbled Carpet Beetle
- Finnish
- mattokuoriainen
- French
- Anthrène à broderie
- French
- Dermeste des tapis
- German
- Teppichkäfer
- Hungarian
- Nagy múzeumbogár
- Lithuanian
- Bervidinis Kailiavabalis
- Polish
- Mrzyk krostowiec
- Russian
- Кожеед норичниковый
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Parent Taxon
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- Anthrenus angustefasciatus
- Anthrenus botswaniensis
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- Anthrenus flavipes
- Anthrenus fucosus
- Anthrenus goliath
- Anthrenus isabellinus
- Anthrenus kantneri
- Anthrenus katerinae
- Anthrenus kenyaensis
- Anthrenus latefasciatus
- Anthrenus lepidus
- Anthrenus maculatus
- Anthrenus mesopotamicus
- Anthrenus mroczkowskii
- Anthrenus munroi
- Anthrenus namibicus
- Anthrenus nipponensis
- Anthrenus oceanicus
- Anthrenus parvus
- Anthrenus picturatus
- Anthrenus pimpinellae
- Anthrenus pulaskii
- Anthrenus pushkini
- Anthrenus scrophulariae
- Anthrenus seminulum
- Anthrenus sophonisba
- Anthrenus tarnawskii
- Anthrenus thoracicus
- Anthrenus umbra































































































































































