Species Chrysophana placida

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Works Cited

Chrysophana placida? - 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.

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 13 December, 2007 - 5:28pm
Additional contributions by Joshua P. Basham, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 June, 2017 - 12:03pm

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