Temnoscheila chlorodia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Trogossitidae |
Genus: | Temnoscheila |
Species: | T. chlorodia
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Binomial name | |
Temnoscheila chlorodia (Mannerheim 1843)
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Temnoscheila chlorodia, also called the green bark-gnawing beetle or green bark beetle, is a species of bark-gnawing beetle. It is found in North America west of the Great Plains. [1] [2]
Adults are dark metallic green or blue and 9–20 mm in length. Larvae are pink or white with a dark head and thoracic shield and an anal plate with two spurs. [2]
Adults and larvae alike are predators that forage under the bark of dead trees. They can also be found in the nests of other wood-boring insects and in wood-decay fungus. [2] Adults are most abundant during late spring, with a second peak in late summer. [3]
Temnoscheila chlorodia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Trogossitidae |
Genus: | Temnoscheila |
Species: | T. chlorodia
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Binomial name | |
Temnoscheila chlorodia (Mannerheim 1843)
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Temnoscheila chlorodia, also called the green bark-gnawing beetle or green bark beetle, is a species of bark-gnawing beetle. It is found in North America west of the Great Plains. [1] [2]
Adults are dark metallic green or blue and 9–20 mm in length. Larvae are pink or white with a dark head and thoracic shield and an anal plate with two spurs. [2]
Adults and larvae alike are predators that forage under the bark of dead trees. They can also be found in the nests of other wood-boring insects and in wood-decay fungus. [2] Adults are most abundant during late spring, with a second peak in late summer. [3]