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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Chrysobothrini » Chrysobothris » Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata

Species Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata Schaeffer - Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata Chrysobothris prasina - Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata - male
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 Chrysobothrini
Genus Chrysobothris
Species purpureoplagiata (Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata Schaeffer 1904
Size
6-7 mm (Schaeffer 1904)
Identification
Note reddish-copper color on the forelegs. (per Richard L. Westcott, 23 September, 2013)
Range
CA-AZ / Mex. (1)
Food
larvae host in crucifixion thorn - Canotia holacantha (Celastraceae)
and smoketree - Psorothamnus spinosus (Fabaceae) (1)
adults also on Acacia and Larrea
Remarks
Type Locality: Florence, Pinal Co., AZ
See Also

Chrysobothris analis LeConte
Range: AZ-TX / Mex.


Chrysobothris lucana Horn
Range: OR-CA-AZ / Mex
Print References
Schaeffer, C. 1904. New genera and species of Coleoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 12(4): 197-236. Full Text
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 23 September, 2013 - 2:57pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 September, 2013 - 4:38pm

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