Tenebrio

Tenebrio
Temporal range: 51 to 0 million years ago Ypresian - Recent[1]
Tenebrio molitor adult
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Tenebrionini
Genus: Tenebrio
Linnaeus, 1758
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Tenebrio is a genus of darkling beetles.[2][3] Adults are 12–18 mm (0.47–0.71 in) long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference fossilworks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Tenebrio". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b Rees, David (21 July 2004). Insects of Stored Products. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 112–113. ISBN 978-0-643-10263-7.