| Agriotes sputator | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Genus: | Agriotes |
| Species: | A. sputator
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| Binomial name | |
| Agriotes sputator | |
Agriotes sputator[1] is a species of click beetle, commonly known as the common click beetle.[2] The adult beetle is brown and inconspicuous, and the larvae live in the soil and are known as wireworms. They are agricultural pests that devour the roots and underground parts of many crops and other plants.
- ^ Linnaeus' Latin name means "the spitter living in the fields".
- ^ "Agriotes sputator (Linnaeus, 1758)". Invasive.org. Retrieved 2014-11-21.