Cadelle
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Tenebroides
Cadelles
Tenebroides is a genus of bark-gnawing beetles in the family Trogossitidae, containing at least 20 described species. The genus includes both native forest-dwelling species and economically significant stored product pests. Tenebroides mauritanicus (the cadelle) is the most extensively studied species, being a major pest of stored grain worldwide. Other species such as T. collaris occur in natural habitats including bark and decaying wood.