Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of the Baja California peninsula, México
Author
Hespenheide, Henry A.
Author
Westcott, Richard L.
Author
Bellamy, Charles L.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2805
36
56
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.277078
0f7d868c-14a8-43b4-aca7-5b54c6915b0d
1175-5326
277078
Agrilus arbuti
Fisher 1928
(Figs. 39–40)
BCN,
19 mi
E Ojos Negros,
21-VIII-80
, Faulkner & Brown (SDMC); Sierra Juárez,
31°15’N
,
116°01’W
,
VII-14- 1983
, D. S. Verity, on
Arctostaphylos
(DSVC); Sa.
San Pedro
Mártir,
66 km
E San Telmo,
1770 m
, on
Arctostaphylos
30-VI-80
, R. L. Westcott (RLWE). This species, too, has been previously recorded only from California and Oregon. Larval hosts are
Arbutus menziesii
Pursh
and species of
Arctostaphylos
(both
Ericaceae
). This and
A. angelicus
may be difficult, if not impossible, to separate with certainty without knowing the host.