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Species Bruchidius terrenus

Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Bruchidius terrenus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Bruchinae (Pea and Bean Weevils)

Tribe Bruchini

Subtribe Acanthoscelidina

Genus Bruchidius

Species terrenus (Bruchidius terrenus)

Explanation of Names

Bruchus terrenus Sharp 1886

Size

2.46-4.07 mm (mostly 3.7-3.8 mm)(1)

Range

native to e. Asia, adventive in NA(1), now widespread across so. US (BG data)

Food

host: mimosa or silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)(1)

Remarks

earliest NA record: NC 2004(1)

Works Cited

1.	First North American records of the East Palearctic seed beetle Bruchidius terrenus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)... E.R. Hoebeke, A.G. Wheeler, jr., J.M. Kingsolver, D.L. Stephan. 2009. Florida Entomologist 92(3): 434-440.

Contributed by v belov on 25 October, 2013 - 1:44pm
Last updated 28 October, 2013 - 1:19pm

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