| Temnoscheila chlorodia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Trogossitidae |
| Genus: | Temnoscheila |
| Species: | T. chlorodia |
| Binomial name | |
| Temnoscheila chlorodia (Mannerheim 1843) | |
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]
Adults 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]
Adults 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]
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