Ellychnia corrusca

Ellychnia corrusca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lampyridae
Genus: Ellychnia
Species:
E. corrusca
Binomial name
Ellychnia corrusca
Linnaeus, 1767

Ellychnia corrusca, the winter firefly,[2] is a species of firefly in the genus Ellychnia.[3] It is a lantern-less diurnal beetle common in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The adults spend winter on a colony tree, favoring Quercus (oak), Carya (hickory), and Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip poplar).[2]

This beetle can be found in a large variety of habitats but is most notoriously known as a pest. In the maple syrup business, these beetles are commonly found in the buckets of sap from tapped trees.[4]

  1. ^ Fallon, C. (2021). "Ellychnia corrusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164013862A166771263. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T164013862A166771263.en. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b Lynn Frierson Faust (1 March 2017). Fireflies, Glow-worms, and Lightning Bugs: Identification and Natural History of the Fireflies of the Eastern and Central United States and Canada. University of Georgia Press. pp. 73–77. ISBN 978-0-8203-4872-8.
  3. ^ "Ellychnia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
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