Species Agrilus pulchellus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Mating A. pulchellus - Agrilus pulchellus - male - female

Agrilus pulchellus? - Agrilus pulchellus

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 Agrilinae

Tribe Agrilini

Genus Agrilus

No Taxon (subgenus Engyaulus)

Species pulchellus (Agrilus pulchellus)

Explanation of Names

Agrilus pulchellus Bland 1865

Size

6.5-10 mm

Range

AZ-c.TX-ND-UT / Mex. - Map (1)(2)

Food

Larvae in roots of Fleabane (Erigeron, Asteraceae)(1)

Print References

Bland J.H.B. (1865) Descriptions of new North American Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4: 65-72.

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.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 19 August, 2008 - 3:33pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 9 April, 2024 - 3:45pm

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