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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Tracheini » Trachys » Trachys minutus

Species Trachys minutus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Agrilinae
Tribe Tracheini
Genus Trachys
Species minutus (Trachys minutus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trachys mandjurica Obenberger 1917, Trachys reflexiformis Obenberger 1917
Explanation of Names
Trachys minutus (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
2.8-3.5 mm(1)
Range
native to the Palaearctic (Europe to Siberia)(2), adventive in NA (ne. US)
Food
hosts: Salix, Betula, Tilia, Ulmus(3)
Life Cycle
Univoltine(3)
Print References
Wescott R.L., Murray T.C. (2012) An exotic leafminer, Trachys minutus (L.) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), found in Massachusetts, USA. Coleopterists Bulletin 66: 360-361.
Internet References
Fact sheets: Csóka (2003-2010)(3) | Pitkin (2014)(4)
Images of all stages & damage(5)
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.Coleoptera Poloniae
3.Bugwood Network
4.Pitkin B., Ellis W., Plant C., Edmunds R. (2007-) The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
5.Invasive and Exotic Species of North America
Contributed by tom murray on 13 July, 2012 - 9:17pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 14 February, 2015 - 4:20pm

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