Sphenoptera rauca

Sphenoptera rauca
Sphenoptera rauca. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Buprestoidea
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Sphenoptera
Species: S. rauca
Binomial name
Sphenoptera rauca
(Fabricius, 1787)

Sphenoptera rauca is a species of beetles in the family Buprestidae. [1]

Subspecies

Description

Sphenoptera rauca can reach a length of 13–15 millimetres (0.51–0.59 in). Main host plants are Cynara and Eryngium. [2]

Distribution

This species can be found in Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal, Spain, formerYugoslavia and in the Near East.[3]

References


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