Attagenus undulatus

Attagenus undulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Dermestidae
Genus:	Attagenus
Species:	A. undulatus
Binomial name
Attagenus undulatus (Motschulsky, 1858)
Synonyms
Aethriostoma undulataMotschulsky, 1858 Attagenus rufipesWalker, 1859 Pseudotelopes simoniPic, 1916 Pseudotelopes testaceipesPic, 1916

Attagenus (Aethriostoma) undulatus, commonly known as the Dermestid beetle, ^[1] is a species of skin beetle found in Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Buru Island, Cambodia, southern China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Hawaiian Islands, Papua New Guinea, and South Mariana Islands. It has introduced to Chile mainly through goods of human beings. ^{[2] [3]}

Body length is about 3 mm. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Dermestid beetle - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
2. "Attagenus (Aethriostoma) undulatus (Motschulsky, 1858) from Chile (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)". Arquivos Entomolóxicos 7:177-178. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
3. "Attagenus undulatus (Motschulsky, 1858)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
4. "Attagenus undulatus (Motschulsky, 1858)". www.dermestidae.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
5. Arrow, Gilbert J. (1917-06-01). "XLVII.—The Khapra beetle (Trogoderma khapra, sp. n.), an Indian Grain-pest". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 19 (114): 481–482. doi:10.1080/00222931709486966 . Retrieved 2021-08-11.