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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Trogossitidae |
| Genus: | Temnoscheila |
| Species: | T. chlorodia
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| Binomial name | |
| Temnoscheila chlorodia (Mannerheim 1843)
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Description
editAdults 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]
Behavior
editAdults 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]
References
edit- ^ "Species Temnoscheila chlorodia". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ a b c Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 233. ISBN 9780520288744.
- ^ Fettig, Christopher J.; Dabney, Christopher P. (2006). "Relative and seasonal abundance of Temnochila chlorodia (Mannerheim) (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) collected in western pine beetle pheromone-baited traps in northern California". Journal of Entomological Science. 41: 75-83. 41: 75–83.
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