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Species Phengodes plumosa

Phengodes plumosa (Olivier, 1790) - Phengodes plumosa

Phengodidae, larva - Phengodes plumosa - female

Glowworm Beetle - Phengodes plumosa - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Elateroidea

Family Phengodidae (Glowworm Beetles)

Tribe Phengodini

Genus Phengodes (Glowworms)

Species plumosa (Phengodes plumosa)

Explanation of Names

Phengodes plumosa (Olivier 1790)

Size

♂ 12-15 mm(1)

Range

e US (MA-GA-AL to ON-NE-TX)(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 25 August, 2008 - 3:59pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 July, 2023 - 4:13pm

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