Infestation found in: Tamarind seed flour

Fig. Infested Tamarind seed flour

Assumed pest: Cigarette beetle ( Lasioderma serricorne )

Morphological charecteristics (for confirmation)

• Antenna is serrate and all segments are uniform(Fig 1)
• Elytra is smooth with no horizontal lines(Fig 2)
• Bears a tooth near the apical end of femur ridge and tarsus of the hind leg is composed of 5 segments(Fig 3)
• Hind wing with folding lines and has dot like cells between the lines(Fig 4)

Fig. 1: Antenna of Cigarette beetle under foldscope

Fig. 2: Elytra of Cigarette beetle under foldscope

Fig. 3: Hind leg of Cigarette beetle under foldscope

Fig. 4: Hind wing of Cigarette beetle under foldscope

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