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Species Amblycerus robiniae

Pennsylvania Beetle - Amblycerus robiniae

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 Amblycerini

Genus Amblycerus

Species robiniae (Amblycerus robiniae)

Explanation of Names

Amblycerus robiniae (Fabricius 1781)

Size

3.8–7.3 mm(1)

Range

the only wide-ranging sp. of the genus in our area (NH-FL west to AB-OR-CA)(1)

Food

Larvae develop in seeds of locust trees (Gleditsia)(1)

Remarks

one of the commonest bruchines in e. US(1)

Works Cited

1.	Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada Kingsolver J.M. 2004. USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.).

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 26 November, 2006 - 4:09pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 June, 2013 - 7:45am

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