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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Agrypninae » Oophorini » Conoderus » Pasture Wireworm (Conoderus exsul)

Species Conoderus exsul - Pasture Wireworm

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Was jumping and flipping - Conoderus exsul

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Elateroidea

Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)

Subfamily Agrypninae

Tribe Oophorini

Genus Conoderus

Species exsul (Pasture Wireworm)

Other Common Names

Sugarcane Wireworm

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Monocrepidius exsul Sharp 1877

Conoderus bicarinatus Van Dyke 1932

Explanation of Names

Conoderus exsul (Sharp 1877)

exsula 'stranger, an exilé'

Size

9.5-13 mm

Identification

key characters of this species: bicarinate pronotal angles and bidentate elytral apices

Range

adventive (OR-CA-FL-MD) - Map (1), and in HI (since 1916)(2)(3), native to New Zealand

Food

Omnivorous. Larvae may prefer soil-living insects (4); Adults observed eating sweetcorn pollen (4). May also be associated with Rosacea (5).

Remarks

adventive in our area since at least 1932

Internet References

Fact sheet(6)

Works Cited

1.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

2.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

3.	Distribution of four introduced Conoderus species in California (Coleoptera: Elateridae) M.W. Stone. 1975. The Coleopterists Bulletin 29(3): 163-166.

4.	Food habits of pasture wireworm, Conoderus exsul (Coleoptera: Elateridae) L.N. Roberston. 1987. New Zealand Journal of Zoology.

5.	Conoderus exsul MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory. 2014. PaDIL, New Zealand Biosecurity.

6.	PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity

Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 28 August, 2010 - 5:58pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, Mike Quinn, v belov, dvoribird
Last updated 14 January, 2023 - 8:00pm

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