Sphenoptera rauca

Sphenoptera rauca
Sphenoptera rauca, Morocco
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
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

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.

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