Species Details
Chrysobothris sexsignata
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SeasonalityJuly.
IdentificationThis species of Chrysobothris is quite easy to recognize. The pronotum is more or less evenly punctate with out obvious callosities. The elytra have 4 distinct longitudinal costa. Costae 2 and 3 are interrupted by a shallow slightly bronzed to golden coloured fovea. The last ventral sternite on the female is almost straight across, and has a medial longitudinal carina (ridge). The carina on the male is not as pronounced.
Scientific Name
Chrysobothris sexsignata
Seasonality
July.
Identification
This species of Chrysobothris is quite easy to recognize. The pronotum is more or less evenly punctate with out obvious callosities. The elytra have 4 distinct longitudinal costa. Costae 2 and 3 are interrupted by…
This species of Chrysobothris is quite easy to recognize. The pronotum is more or less evenly punctate with out obvious callosities. The elytra have 4 distinct longitudinal costa. Costae 2 and 3 are interrupted by a shallow slightly bronzed to golden coloured fovea. The last ventral sternite on the female is almost straight across, and has a medial longitudinal carina (ridge). The carina on the male is not as pronounced.
Life History
Unknown.
Conservation
Rare.
Diet Info
In the literature hosts are recorded a wide range of trees, including maple, birch, ash, larch, pine and others (Fisher 1942, Bright 1987).
Range
The species is primarily eastern in distribution. Known from Ontario and Quebec south through the United States to Florida in the south (Fisher 1942, Bright 1987).
Citation
Page Citation for Chrysobothris sexsignata
Page Citation
"Species Details - Chrysobothris sexsignata, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-3013. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
References
Author
Fisher, W. S.
Title
A revision of the North American species of Buprestid beetles belonging to the tribe Chrysobothrini.
Publication Date
1942
Pages
275 pp.
Author
Bright, D. E.
Title
The Metallic Wood-boring Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Coleoptera: Buprestidae.
Publication Date
1987
Pages
335
Specimen Information
There is 1 specimen of this Species.
UASM23571 - Chrysobothris sexsignata
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1916-08-21