*4.6.6 Siamese grain beetle (*Lophocateres pusillus *(Klug, 1832) Coleoptera: Trogositidae)*

*Distribution*: Siamese grain beetle is found in all regions where paddy and different kinds of cereals are cultivated.

*Host range*: The main host is rice and cereals.

*Bionomics:* The Siamese grain beetle is reddish-brown, flattened, elongate, long beetle with a flattened margin of the thorax and wing cover. These are making holes in the rice and hence damage its quality as well as quantity.

*Damage symptoms*: Adults are seen actively walking on and around the food grains.
