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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Polycestinae » Acmaeoderini » Acmaeoderina » Acmaeodera » Acmaeodera pulchella

Species Acmaeodera pulchella

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Flatheaded Bald Cypress Sapwood Borer - Acmaeodera pulchella Beetle - Acmaeodera? - Acmaeodera pulchella Buprestid ID request - Acmaeodera pulchella buprestid beetle - Acmaeodera pulchella Metallic wood borer - Acmaeodera pulchella Yellow Blotch Beetle? - Acmaeodera pulchella Unknown Acmaeodera from Florida - Acmaeodera pulchella Acmaeodera pulchella
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 Polycestinae
Tribe Acmaeoderini
Subtribe Acmaeoderina
Genus Acmaeodera
Species pulchella (Acmaeodera pulchella)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera pulchella (Herbst 1801)
pulchella 'beautiful'
Size
5-10 mm(1)
Range
widely dist., though less common out west (QC-FL to SK-LA) - Map (2)(1)(3)
Season
mostly Jun-Jul (BG data)
Food
Larvae in Crataegus, Gleditsia, Taxodium
adults also on maple, persimmon, oak, and a variety of flowers (2)(1)
Remarks
common(1)
See Also
reportedly, mixta has the tip of the elytra yellow and black and pulchella has the tip all black (rarely yellow)
Correction to the above: Hilche (2009) says the apex of the abdomen, not the elytra, in A. pulchella is usually black, rarely yellow.
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Northeastern North America.
Paiero et al. 2012. Canadian Food Inspection Agency. 411 pp.
2.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.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Cotinis on 23 March, 2004 - 9:56am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Acmaeodera, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 20 May, 2022 - 1:40am

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