Species Spectralia gracilipes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Works Cited

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Buprestid Beetle - Spectralia gracilipes

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

Genus Spectralia

Species gracilipes (Spectralia gracilipes)

Explanation of Names

Spectralia gracilipes (Melsheimer 1845)

Range

e. US, ONT (NY-FL to MN-TX) - Map (1)(2)

Food

Larval hosts: oaks (Quercus), ash (Fraxinus)(1)

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.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 7 June, 2006 - 7:57am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 May, 2019 - 2:39pm

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