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Acmaeodera atactospilota Westcott, 1971 - Acmaeodera atactospilota - female
Copyright © 2008 Dennis Haines

Acmaeodera atactospilota Westcott, 1971 - Acmaeodera atactospilota - Female
Kelso Valley, Kern County, California, USA
June 2, 2007
Size: 10 mm.
This is one of the species that bores in Mormon Tea (Ephedra). The inverted "U" shaped maculation mid-elytra is common on most of the specimens in my series.
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Contributed by Dennis Haines on 11 January, 2008 - 9:38pm
Last updated 8 July, 2010 - 4:04pm

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I've collected it on Lupinus in the San Jacinto Mtns., CA, also in June.
… D.A. La Rue, 10 July, 2010 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
The adults will visit flowers
The adults will visit flowers. I have also collected on Eriogonum, but the larval host is Ephedra.
… Dennis Haines, 12 July, 2010 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

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