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Species Eupristocerus cogitans - Alder Gall Buprestid

Cane Borer - Eupristocerus cogitans Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Eupristocerus cogitans Eupristocerus cogitans Beetle ID - Eupristocerus cogitans Beetle - Eupristocerus cogitans Eupristocerus cogitans Eupristocerus cogitans Beetle - Eupristocerus cogitans
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 Agrilinae
Genus Eupristocerus
Species cogitans (Alder Gall Buprestid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupristocerus cognitans (Weber)
Orig. Comb: Buprestis cognitans Weber, 1801
Numbers
monotypic genus (1)
Size
8-9 mm (2)
Range
MS-FL-NS-ON (3), + TX (E.G. Riley, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2011), OK (4)
Habitat
Wetlands
Season
May-Aug (BG data)
Food
Larvae in living Alders - Alnus and Birch - Betula (Betulaceae) (3)