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