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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Sphenoptera » Sphenoptera jugoslavica

Species Sphenoptera jugoslavica

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Buprestidae 01a - Sphenoptera jugoslavica Buprestidae 01b - Sphenoptera jugoslavica Sphenoptera jugoslavica Sphenoptera jugoslavica Small Beetle - Sphenoptera jugoslavica Small Beetle - Sphenoptera jugoslavica Sphenoptera??? - Sphenoptera jugoslavica Bronze knapweed root borer - Sphenoptera jugoslavica
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 Chrysochroinae
Genus Sphenoptera
Species jugoslavica (Sphenoptera jugoslavica)
Other Common Names
Bronze Knapweed Root Borer
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
member of the subgen. Chilostetha Jakovlev 1889
Explanation of Names
Sphenoptera jugoslavica Obenberger 1926
Size
~7 mm
Identification
images of diff. stages(1)
Range
native to se. Europe, intentionally introduced in NA and now widespread in the west (BC-CA to SD-CO)(2)
Food
Larval host: Centaurea diffusa(2)
Remarks
Introduced from Greece to fight knapweed; first released in 1980.
Internet References
Fact sheets: Stevens Co., WA | BC(3) | Lang (yyyy) (4) |
Works Cited
1.Invasive and Exotic Species of North America
2.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.
3.Invasive plants with biocontrol -- BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
4.Biological control: A guide to natural enemies in North America
Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 19 August, 2008 - 3:46pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Lynette Elliott, v belov
Last updated 12 October, 2016 - 7:21am

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