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Species Polycesta flavomaculata - Polycesta (Nelsonella) flavomaculata

Polycesta flavomaculata
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 Polycesta
Species flavomaculata (Polycesta (Nelsonella) flavomaculata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
type species and our only member of Nelsonella Cobos 1981(1)
Explanation of Names
Polycesta flavomaculata Nelson 1960
Range
CA(2)
Food
host: Scrub Oak