Species Cregya oculata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Cleridae - Cregya oculata (Say) - Cregya oculata

Cleridae - Cregya oculata - Cregya oculata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

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

Superfamily Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles)

Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)

Genus Cregya

Species oculata (Cregya oculata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cregya oculata (Say)

Numbers

One of three Cregya species found in North America(1)

Size

4-6.5 mm(2)

Range

Eastern U.S. (2)

Food

Feeds on larvae of bark beetles and/or cerambycids(1)

Remarks

Attracted to lights(2)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

2.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. By Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 1 October, 2006 - 3:36am
Additional contributions by Brad Barnd, v belov
Last updated 9 May, 2009 - 8:15am

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