Byturidae
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Byturus ochraceus | |
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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]
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 978-0-8493-0954-0.
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- ^ http://nomen.at/Cucujoidea