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Species Temnoscheila chlorodia

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Trogossitidae
Subfamily Trogossitinae
Genus Temnoscheila
Species chlorodia (Temnoscheila chlorodia)
Other Common Names
Green Bark Beetle(1)
Explanation of Names
Temnoscheila chlorodia (Mannerheim 1843)
Size
8.4-19.8 mm(2)
Identification

note impressed frontal line and coarse punctation of head.
Range
NA west of the Great Plains (BC-CA to NT-SD-TX & Mexico)(2)
Habitat
mountains, deserts and valleys(1), on conifers(2)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Beetles of California
Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.
2.A revision of the Trogossitidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)
J.R. Barron. 1971. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 75: 1-143.