Metallic-iridescence

Guides

• Chrysina

  Jewel Scarabs

  Chrysina is a genus of large, charismatic scarab beetles commonly known as jewel scarabs. Adults are noted for their brilliant metallic iridescence, with coloration ranging from silver and gold to green, blue, and purple. The genus contains approximately 100 species distributed from the southwestern United States through Mexico and Central America to northern South America. Adults are nocturnal and readily attracted to lights. Larvae develop in decaying wood.

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• Eriocraniella platyptera

  Eriocraniella platyptera is a small primitive moth in the family Eriocraniidae. Adults are active in May with a single annual generation. Larvae are leaf miners that feed on oak species, particularly Quercus ilicifolia. The species was described by Donald R. Davis in 1978 and is known from the northeastern and southern United States.

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