Lake-tahoe

Guides

• Phlepsanus vanduzeei

  Phlepsanus vanduzeei is a species of jewel beetle in the family Buprestidae. It was originally described as Acmaeodera vanduzeei by Van Dyke and later transferred to the genus Phlepsanus. The species is associated with Cercocarpus (mountain mahogany) host plants in western North America. Like other members of the genus, it is a wood-boring beetle whose larvae develop within dead branches of its host plant.

  Buprestidaejewel-beetlewood-borerCercocarpusmountain-mahoganywestern-North-AmericaSierra-NevadaLake-Tahoe