khapra beetle

[ kah-pruh, kap-ruh ]

/ ˈkɑ prə, ˈkæp rə /

a tiny cosmopolitan beetle, Trogoderma granarium, that is a pest of stored grain and other dried organic matter.

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First recorded in 1925–30, khapra beetle is from the Hindi word khaprā literally, destroyer