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Status
Found across North America on the flowers of trees and shrubs (BugGuide).
Description
Measures 3-4 mm (BugGuide).
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A Pentaria trifasciata in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/5/2018). Measured about 4 mm.
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A Pentaria trifasciata in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/5/2018).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Pentaria trifasciata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Scraptiidae |
| Genus: | Pentaria |
| Species: | P. trifasciata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pentaria trifasciata (Melsheimer, 1846)
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Pentaria trifasciata is a species of false flower beetle in the family Scraptiidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

References
[edit]- ^ "Pentaria trifasciata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pentaria trifasciata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pentaria trifasciata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
[edit]- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
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