Byturidae
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| Byturidae | |
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| Byturus ochraceus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Byturidae |
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Byturidae, also known as Fruitworms[1] is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.[2][3] The larvae develop in fruits. Byturus unicolor affects species of Rubus and Geum, the larvae of Raspberry beetle raspberry plants.
There are two subfamilies: Platydascillinae and Byturinae. The distribution of Byturinae is holarctic. Species of Platydascillinae are found in southeast Asia.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Michael A. Ivie (2002). Ross H. Arnett & Michael Charles Thomas. ed. American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Volume 2 of American Beetles. CRC Press. ISBN 9780849309540.
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- ^ http://nomen.at/Cucujoidea
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