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Species Acmaeodera atactospilota

Acmaeodera atactospilota Westcott, 1971 - Acmaeodera atactospilota - female Anyone recognize this Acmaeodera species? - Acmaeodera atactospilota Buprestidae: Acmaeodera atactospilota - Acmaeodera atactospilota Acmaeodera atactospilota Acmaeodera atactospilota Buprestidae - Acmaeodera atactospilota Buprestidae - Acmaeodera atactospilota Buprestidae - Acmaeodera atactospilota
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 Acmaeoderini
Subtribe Acmaeoderina
Genus Acmaeodera
Species atactospilota (Acmaeodera atactospilota)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera atactospilota Westcott 1971
Range
sw. US (CA to UT-AZ)(1)
Food
Larvae: Ephedra; adults on Ephedra and flowers of Acacia, Coreopsis, Encelia, Eriogonum, Fallugia, Salvia, Sphaeralcea, Stephanomeria, Viguiera(1)
Remarks
Type locality: near Littlerock, Los Angeles Co., CA(1)
Print References
Westcott, Richard L. 1971. Five new species of Acmaeodera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the southwestern United States and Baja California. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 209:1-19.
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.