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Neopyrochroa flabellata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Pyrochroidae
Genus:	Neopyrochroa
Species:	N. flabellata
Binomial name
Neopyrochroa flabellata Fabricius, 1787

Neopyrochroa flabellata is a species of fire-coloured beetles in the genus Neopyrochroa. The species' range is the eastern United States.

Habitat

Larvae live in dead wood and feed on fungus rather than being predatory or eating the wood in which it lives. Adults rarely eat but have been known to be attracted to cantharidin.

References

1. "Neopyrochroa flabellata (Fabricius, 1787)". GBIF.
2. "Neopyrochroa flabellata". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
3. "Family Pyrochroidae (Fire-coloured beetles)" (PDF). Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes.

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