Liposcelis bostrychophila

Liposcelis bostrychophila
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Liposcelididae
Genus: Liposcelis
Species:
L. bostrychophila
Binomial name
Liposcelis bostrychophila
Badonnel, 1931

Liposcelis bostrychophila is a species of booklouse in the family Liposcelididae. It is known nearly worldwide as a common pest of stored products. It is especially prevalent in cereals.[1] In 2019 it was identified as a predator of mosquito eggs in a FAO/IAEA Insect Pest Control Laboratory which developed sterile males.

This insect is about 1 millimetre (0.039 in) long, brown in color, and wingless.[2] Females of this species often undergo parthenogenesis and populations consist almost entirely of females. A male specimen was not noted until 2002 and a few years later, another sexually-reproducing strain was found.

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    Lord, Jeffrey C. & Howard, Ralph W. (2004). "A proposed role for the cuticular fatty amides of Liposcelis bostrychophila (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae) in preventing adhesion of entomopathogenic fungi with dry-conidia" (PDF). Mycopathologia. 158 (2): 211–217. doi:10.1023/B:MYCO.0000041837.29478.78. PMID 15518350. S2CID 5893551.
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    Khaleel, Christina; Tabanca, Nurhayat; Buchbauer, Gerhard (2018). "α-Terpineol, a natural monoterpene: A review of its biological properties". Open Chemistry. 16 (1): 349–361. doi:10.1515/chem-2018-0040. S2CID 103280388.
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    Liu, Zhi; Zhao, Na; Liu, Chun; Zhou, Ligang & Du, Shu (2012). "Identification of insecticidal constituents of the essential oil of Curcuma wenyujin rhizomes active against Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel". Molecules. 17 (10): 12049–12060. doi:10.3390/molecules171012049. PMC 6268378. PMID 23085655.