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Chrysobothris subcylindrica
Species
Chrysobothris subcylindrica
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily
Buprestoidea
Family
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Subfamily
Buprestinae
Tribe
Chrysobothrini
Genus
Chrysobothris
Species
subcylindrica
(Chrysobothris subcylindrica)
Explanation of Names
Chrysobothris subcylindrica
Ménétries in Motschulsky 1859
Range
w. US (OR-CA to ID-UT-NM)
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1
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Food
Larval hosts:
Artemisia tridentata, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Heterotheca villosa
; Adults also on [/i]Prosopis glandulosa, Psorothamnus emoryi, Purshia tridentata[/i] var.
glandulosa, Senna armata
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1
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Remarks
Type locality: (CA-Sacramento) "Nova-Helvetia"
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Works Cited
1.
A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico.
Nelson et al. 2008. The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4. 274 pp.
Contributed by
Will Chatfield-Taylor
on 20 December, 2008 - 3:42pm
Additional contributions by
Joshua P. Basham
,
v belov
Last updated 24 September, 2013 - 5:26pm