Maryland Biodiversity Project - Pentaria trifasciata

Pentaria trifasciata (Melsheimer, 1845)

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Coleoptera > Family Scraptiidae > Genus Pentaria Pentaria trifasciata - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/19742

Found across North America on the flowers of trees and shrubs (BugGuide).

Measures 3-4 mm (BugGuide).

There are 2 records in the project database.

A Pentaria trifasciata in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/5/2018). Measured about 4 mm. Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

A Pentaria trifasciata in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/5/2018). Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

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