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Species Ptosima idolynae

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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
Genus Ptosima
Species idolynae (Ptosima idolynae)
Explanation of Names
Ptosima idolynae Frost 1923
Range
sc US (AR-OK to MS-TX)(1)
Food
Larvae: Crataegus sp.; Adults also on Gleditsia triacanthos(1)
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.