Species Chrysobothris monticola

Classification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited

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 Buprestinae

Genus Chrysobothris

Species monticola (Chrysobothris monticola)

Range

Widely distributed in western North America (Evans & Hogue,(1))

Habitat

Pine forest

Food

Larva of this species develops in Pines.

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Beetles of California By Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue

Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 21 September, 2006 - 12:30am
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch
Last updated 13 June, 2008 - 3:35pm

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