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Attagenus fasciatus

Tobacco Seed Beetle

Introduced to Hawaiʻi

Photo: (c) Ilya Zabaluev, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ilya Zabaluev (iNaturalist)

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1920

First collected

1941

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Attagenus fasciatus, most mentions first.

  1. 2007

  2. 2002

    A review of the insects and related arthropods of Midway Atoll

    Nishida, G.M.& J.W. Beardsley · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  3. 2001

    NOWRAMP 2000 Terrestrial arthropod report

    Nishida, G.M. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1920s1940s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1920 by Swezey, O.H. (Lihue). The Museum last collected it in 1941; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 21, 2026.

Alive today

665 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.