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Species Agrilus malvastri

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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 Agrilini
Genus Agrilus
Species malvastri (Agrilus malvastri)
Explanation of Names
Agrilus malvastri Fisher 1928
Range
w. NA (CA-TX-SD-AB, Mexico) - Map (1)(2), mostly Rocky Mtn states
Life Cycle
adults recorded on scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea, Malvaceae) and Eriogonum fasciculatum, (Polygonaceae) (1)
Print References
Fisher, W.S. 1928. A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the genus Agrilus. United States National Museum Bulletin, 145: 1-347.
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)