Chrysobothris viridiceps Melsheimer, 1845

Carlton, Christopher E., MacRae, Ted C., Tishechkin, Alexey K., Bayless, Victoria L. & Johnson, Wood, 2018, Annotated Checklist of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Louisiana, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (2), pp. 351-367 : 360

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-72.2.351

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466397

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03868799-FF83-FFBE-FF2B-FD29FEC93060

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scientific name

Chrysobothris viridiceps Melsheimer, 1845
status

 

64. Chrysobothris viridiceps Melsheimer, 1845 View in CoL

Parish records (n = 32): Concordia, Franklin, St. Tammany, West Feliciana, and Winn Parishes (LSAM).

Potential larval hosts in Louisiana: Acer rubrum , Carya illinoinensis , Pinus sp. , Prosopis glandulosa , Prunus sp. , Quercus alba , Quercus macrocarpa , Quercus stellata , and Ulmus crassifolia . Adults reported also on Acer saccharinum , Carya ovata , Quercus macrocarpa , Quercus marilandica , Quercus velutina , and Ulmus americana .

Collection date range: 30 April–17 July, with specimens evenly distributed between the extreme dates; 13 reared specimens emerged April–June.

Comments: Collected by sweeping, using canopy Malaise traps, and reared from unspecified coarse, woody debris; also as C. fumipennis prey.

Subfamily Agrilinae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Buprestidae

Genus

Chrysobothris

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