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Species Acmaeodera atactospilota

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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 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.
Contributed by Tom Bentley on 11 January, 2008 - 10:21pm
Additional contributions by Joshua P. Basham, Acmaeodera, v belov
Last updated 5 August, 2013 - 11:28am

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