confused flour beetle
noun
Definition of confused flour beetle
: a cosmopolitan beetle (Tribolium confusum) that feeds both as larva and adult chiefly on damaged grain —called also bran bug
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Origin and Etymology of confused flour beetle
so called from its being confused with the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum)
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