Phymatodes nitidus

Phymatodes nitidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Genus: Phymatodes
Species: P. nitidus
Binomial name
Phymatodes nitidus
LeConte, 1874
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Phymatodes nitidus is a species of longhorn beetle. It lays its eggs on the surface of giant sequoia and coast redwood cones, into which the larvae then burrow.

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