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Species Euplatypus compositus

Beetle, Pinhole Borer - Euplatypus compositus Euplatypus compositus (Say) - Euplatypus compositus - female 901W01 - Euplatypus compositus Beetle - Euplatypus compositus Jagged beetle - Euplatypus compositus Pinhole bark borer - Euplatypus compositus - male Pennsylvania Beetle  - Euplatypus compositus Platypodinae? - Euplatypus compositus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Platypodinae (Pinhole Borers)
Genus Euplatypus
Species compositus (Euplatypus compositus)
Explanation of Names
Euplatypus compositus (Say 1824)
Identification
Range
e US (NJ-FL to MO-TX) to S. America; W. Indies(1)
Food
polyphagous(2)
Remarks
comes to lights
See Also
most easily differentiated by the presence (in E. compositus) or absence (in E. parallelus) of a small pair of mycangial pores on the pronotum of both sexes.
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