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Subspecies Trachykele blondeli blondeli

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Reflective Green Borer Beetle - Trachykele blondeli

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Iridescent green beetle - Trachykele blondeli

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 Buprestinae

Tribe Buprestini

Genus Trachykele

Species blondeli (Western Cedar Borer)

Subspecies blondeli (Trachykele blondeli blondeli)

Explanation of Names

Trachykele blondeli Marseul 1865

Range

w NA (BC-CA-NM) / Mex. (1)(BG data)

Food

Reared ex Juniperus chinensis (BG data)

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.

Contributed by Richard L. Westcott on 8 August, 2011 - 10:33am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 9 September, 2020 - 1:18am

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