*4.6.7 Flat grain beetle (*Cryptolestes pusillus *(Schoenherr, 1817) Coleoptera: Silvanidae)*

*Distribution:* Flat grain beetle is commonly found all over the world. *Host range*: Its main hosts are corn and wheat grains.

*Bionomics:* The flat grain beetle is cosmopolitan, small, oblong, flat, reddishbrown beetle, with long antennae. Larvae woven cocoons by secreting sticky secretions, adhering damaged grains with each other for pupal development.

*Damage symptoms*: Flat grain beetles have the property of secreting sticky secretions.
