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Species Xerasia grisescens

Chrysomelid? - Xerasia grisescens Xerasia grisescens? - Xerasia grisescens SBBG-SCL-TIC_001157 - Xerasia grisescens Coleoptera - Xerasia grisescens Xerasia grisescens? - Xerasia grisescens Anobiidae? - Xerasia grisescens Anobiidae? - Xerasia grisescens Xerasia grisescens? - Xerasia grisescens
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Byturidae (Fruitworm Beetles)
Genus Xerasia
Species grisescens (Xerasia grisescens)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Byturus grisescens
Explanation of Names
Xerasia grisescens (Jayne 1882)
Size
4-5 mm(1)
Range
throughout w. NA just about anywhere oaks occur(1)
Habitat
associated mainly with oaks (Quercus); in CA, from sea level to >7000 ft, from wet coastal locations to very dry areas like Carrizo Plain(1)
Food
Adults feed mainly on fungi associated with the trees, though some may feed on oak pollen as well(1)
Life Cycle
Adults emerge during the cooler winter months, and may be abundant through the spring(1)
Remarks
among the most common of all California's beetles (1)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.California Beetle Project
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 19 November, 2005 - 6:24pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, kschnei, v belov
Last updated 7 February, 2015 - 4:15pm

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