"confused flour beetle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: confused flour beetles [plural]
Etymology: Said to be named after the fact that it is easily confused with the red flour beetle. Both eat flour. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=confused flour beetle}} confused flour beetle (plural confused flour beetles)
  1. A beetle of the species Tribolium confusum. Categories (lifeform): Tenebrionoid beetles

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