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Sphenoptera rauca

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Species of beetle

Sphenoptera rauca
Sphenoptera rauca, Morocco
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Buprestoidea
Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily: Chrysochroinae
Genus: Sphenoptera
Species: S. rauca
Binomial name
Sphenoptera rauca
(Fabricius, 1787)

Sphenoptera rauca is a species of beetles in the family Buprestidae.

Subspecies

  • Sphenoptera rauca rauca (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Sphenoptera rauca sexsulcata Théry, 1930

Description

Sphenoptera rauca can reach a length of 13–15 millimetres (0.51–0.59 in). Main host plants are Cynara and Eryngium.

Distribution

This species can be found in Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal, Spain, formerYugoslavia and in the Near East.

References

  1. Biolib
  2. jcringenbach.free
  3. Fauna europaea
Taxon identifiers
Sphenoptera rauca
Buprestis rauca


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