Euphoria canescens
(Gory & Percheron, 1833)
Euphoria canescens is a of flower chafer ( Cetoniinae) in the scarab beetle Scarabaeidae. The species occurs in the southwestern United States and Mexico, with distribution records from Arizona and Texas northward, and across much of Mexico from Sonora to Veracruz. Like other members of the Euphoria, are and frequently associated with flowers and sap flows.


Pronunciation
How to pronounce Euphoria canescens: //juːˈfɔːɹiə kəˈnɛsns//
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Distribution
Nearctic: USA (Arizona, Texas). Neotropical: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Aguascalientes, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz).
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- Catalogue of Life
- Bug Eric: A Flower Scarab, Euphoria fulgida
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