A beetle that feeds on grain and rice and is a common pest of granaries and flour mills.
谷物蛀虫，虫蠹（以谷物和稻米为生的甲虫，是常见于粮仓和磨坊的害虫）
Family Bostrichidae: several species, including the tropical lesser grain borer (Rhizopertha dominica), now found worldwide
Example sentencesExamples
Meanwhile, the southern region coordinator has called on the peasant farmers to treat their crop against the larger grain borer.
Of all the pests that feast on maize and crops like dried cassava tubers, the larger grain borer has been classified as the most dangerous.
Either the maize is soaked by rain because of lack of storage facilities or eaten by pests such as grain borers because the storage sheds are not properly fumigated.
They are the ‘good guys’ because they don't feed on the grain but attack the larvae of the rusty grain beetle, lesser grain borer, and rice weevil.
Definition of grain borer in US English:
grain borer
noun
A beetle that feeds on grain and rice and is a common pest of granaries and flour mills.
谷物蛀虫，虫蠹（以谷物和稻米为生的甲虫，是常见于粮仓和磨坊的害虫）
Family Bostrichidae: several species, including the tropical lesser grain borer (Rhizopertha dominica), now found worldwide
Example sentencesExamples
They are the ‘good guys’ because they don't feed on the grain but attack the larvae of the rusty grain beetle, lesser grain borer, and rice weevil.
Either the maize is soaked by rain because of lack of storage facilities or eaten by pests such as grain borers because the storage sheds are not properly fumigated.
Of all the pests that feast on maize and crops like dried cassava tubers, the larger grain borer has been classified as the most dangerous.
Meanwhile, the southern region coordinator has called on the peasant farmers to treat their crop against the larger grain borer.