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Species Chrysophana placida

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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 Polycestinae
Tribe Thrincopygini
Genus Chrysophana
Species placida (Chrysophana placida)
Explanation of Names
Chrysophana placida (LeConte 1854)
Range
w. NA (BC-CA east SD-NM)(1)
Food
Larval hosts: Abies concolor, A. lasiocarpa, A. magnifica, Pinus contorta, P. flexilis, P. jeffreyi, P. lambertiana, P. monophylla, P. monticola, P. ponderosa, P. sabiniana, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga mertensiana(1)
Works Cited
1.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.