饲养烟草甲虫可选用东方型和香料型、烤烟、雪茄包叶、雪茄芯烟以及淡色晾烟。在害虫的生育期间它将清耗约20毫克烟草。很多貯烟单位在一个仓间内每周可诱捕超过10000只的烟草甲虫成虫,在这样的比率下,假如害虫活动期为6个月;而诱捕数为虫口密度的1％的话,烟草甲虫将每年蛀食520公斤烟叶。这种烟叶的耗损是可以避免的,所有类型的貯烟都可以熏蒸但必须防止因熏蒸引起的损失。磷化铝可用作烟包、烟箱或 Tobacco beetles can be used to raise oriental and spice-type, flue-cured tobacco, cigar leaves, cigar core tobacco and light air-cured tobacco. It will consume about 20 milligrams of tobacco during the pest’s growth. Many smoke storage units can trap more than 10,000 adult tobacco beetle worms per week in a warehouse at such rates as if the pest was active for 6 months and the trap number was 1% of the population density 520 kg of tobacco are eaten annually. The loss of tobacco leaves is avoidable. All types of smoked cigarettes can be fumigated but must be protected from fumigation. Aluminum phosphide can be used as a cigarette pack, smoke box or