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Species Acmaeodera amabilis

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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
Tribe Acmaeoderini
Subtribe Acmaeoderina
Genus Acmaeodera
Species amabilis (Acmaeodera amabilis)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera amabilis Horn 1878
Identification
variable:
Range
AZ to w. TX, CO - Map (1)(2)
Food
Larvae host in alder (Alnus, Betulaceae)
adults: Baccharis, Bahia, Chrysothamnus, Glandularia, Machaeranthera, Senecio, Viguiera (1)
See Also
Acmaeodera chiricahuae Barr
- Range: AZ, host unk.
Det. Bruce Tilden, 2017
Print References
Horn, G.H. 1878. Revision of the species of Acmaeodera of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 7: 2-27.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
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)