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Species Actenodes simi

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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 Buprestinae
Tribe Actenodini
Genus Actenodes
Species simi (Actenodes simi)
Explanation of Names
Actenodes simi Fisher 1940
Size
9.9-15 mm(1)
Range
New England to WI, south to TX(2)
Life Cycle
larvae host in Acer, Celtis, Quercus, Ulmus(2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the tribe Chrysobothrini
Fisher W.S. 1942. USDA Miscellaneous Publication 470: 1-275.
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.