Tenebrio (s. str.) molitor Linnaeus, 1758

Vitali, Francesco, 2025, The Tenebrionidae of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (Coleoptera), Zootaxa 5701 (1), pp. 65-78 : 69

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.1.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B80CFE48-7F43-4896-B625-A269F67EAA8C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17324754
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA5D59-A434-8837-88FC-FD13FD2613B8
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Tenebrio (s. str.) molitor Linnaeus, 1758
status

Treatment

Ferrant 1911: 200; Libbrecht 1988: 11; Gerend et al. 2007: 290; Köhler 2013: 102.

Material. 1♂, Mamer , 9. VI.[1890], V. Ferrant lgt. ( MNHNL138468 ) ; 1♂, ditto, 11. VI.[1890] ( MNHNL138469 ) ; 1♀, Bertrange , 10.VIII.1958, A. Mousset lgt. ( MNHNL138470 ) ; 1♀, ditto 21. VI.1959, ( MNHNL138471 ) ; 1♀, ditto, 4.VII.1960 ( MNHNL138472 ) ; 1♂, ditto, 23.VII.1971 ( MNHNL138473 ) ; 1♀, ditto, 2.VIII.1975 ( MNHNL138474 ) ; 1♂, ditto, 25.X.1978 ( MNHNL138475 ) ; 1♂, Remich , 26.VII.2000, M. Meyer lgt. ( MNHNL138476 ) ; 1♂, Alzingen, G. Ewen lgt. ( MNHNL138477 ) ; 1♀, Betzdorf, Roodt-sur-Sûre , VIII.2013, Buckland lgt. ( MNHNL138478 ) ; 1♀, Luxembourg Ground , 25.VII.2019, F. Vitali lgt. ( MNHNL138479 ) ; 1♂, Luxembourg City, Bambësch , at light, 21.VII.2013, F. Vitali lgt. ( CFV) ; 1♀, ditto, VII.2021 ( CFV) .

Note. This synanthropic, cosmopolitan species, long known as a pest of grain and flour products, is widespread throughout all adjacent regions ( Géhin 1846; Fournel & Géhin 1847; Godron 1863; Everts 1903; Libbrecht 1988; Köhler & Klausnitzer 1998; Lillig 1999; Troukens 2005; Soldati 2007; Thomaes et al. 2025). Once very common everywhere, the species now appears to be in decline.