Calopteron reticulatum

Calopteron reticulatum, the banded net-wing, is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae. Another common name for this species is the reticulated netwinged beetle[1] It is found in North America.[2][3][4] Adults are active during the day, and lay their eggs on dead/decaying trees. The species also pupates in dead trees. Larva hunt in leaf litter, eating other small arthropods.[5]

Calopteron reticulatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lycidae
Genus: Calopteron
Species:
C. reticulatum
Binomial name
Calopteron reticulatum
(Fabricius, 1775)

References

  1. Reticulated Netwinged Beetle. Insect Identification https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Reticulated-Netwinged-Beetle. Retrieved 4 July 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Calopteron reticulatum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "Calopteron reticulatum". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. Reticulated Netwinged Beetle. Insect Identification https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Reticulated-Netwinged-Beetle. Retrieved 4 July 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
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