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Species Polycesta aruensis - Polycesta (Arizonica) aruensis

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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 Polycestinae
Genus Polycesta
No Taxon (Subgenus Arizonica)
Species aruensis (Polycesta (Arizonica) aruensis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Polycesta aruensis Obenberger 1924
Syns: californica, deserticola
Range
CA-AZ, s. TX / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Food
Larvae in Texas ebony - Ebenopsis ebano (Fabaceae) and Willow - Salix (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)