Species Acmaeodera scalaris - Ladder-like Flower Buprestid

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References

Ladder-like Flower Buprestid - Acmaeodera scalaris

Buprestid - Maybe Acmaeodera scalaris - Acmaeodera scalaris

Acmaeodera scalaris Mannerheim - Acmaeodera scalaris

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Buprestoidea (Metallic Wood Boring Beetles)

Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Subfamily Polycestinae

Genus Acmaeodera

Species scalaris (Ladder-like Flower Buprestid)

Size

8-9 mm

Identification

See photos--pattern apparently distinctive.

Range

Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, south into Mexico.

Food

Found on flowers, reported from Asteraceae (aster family), Fabaceae (legumes), and Malvaceae (mallows).

Internet References

Texas Entomology

Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 18 November, 2005 - 4:36pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 27 October, 2006 - 2:43pm

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