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Flat grain beetle

Cryptolestes ferrugineus

90Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb3
Mar0
Apr0
May10
Jun13
Jul12
Aug12
Sep19
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England17
2Worcestershire England13
3Norfolk England11
4Cambridgeshire England8
5Cheshire East England7
6Cornwall England2
7Surrey England1
8Gloucestershire England1
9Pembrokeshire Wales1
10Thurrock England1
11Trafford England1
12Doncaster England1
13Warrington England1
14North Lincolnshire England1
15Peterborough England1
88 England2 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
90
Peak month
September
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Cryptolestes ferrugineus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
92
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Laemophloeidae
Genus
Cryptolestes
Name with authority
Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens, 1831)
Described
1831

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2628422 · GBIF 4989835