''Cryptolestes ferrugineus '' is a species of

lined flat bark beetle Laemophloeidae, "lined flat bark beetles," is a family in the superfamily Cucujoidea characterized by predominantly dorso-ventrally compressed bodies, head and pronotal discs bordered by ridges or grooves, and inverted male genitalia. Size range ...

native to

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

. It currently has a

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...

, and is referred to by the common name the rusty grain beetle. As the common name implies, the beetle is a grain pest.

References

Laemophloeidae Beetles described in 1831 Beetles of Europe Insect pests of wheat {{Cucujoidea-stub