Tomoxia bucephala Costa, 1854 is a animal in the Mordellidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Tomoxia bucephala Costa, 1854
Tomoxia bucephala is a Mordellidae beetle species, originally Palearctic, now found in North America, feeding on wood-decaying fungi.
Tomoxia bucephala is a species of beetle belonging to the genus Tomoxia within the family Mordellidae. Achille Costa redescribed this species in 1854. This species was originally known to have a Palearctic distribution, but starting in 2015, it has also been recorded in North America. Both the larval and adult life stages of this beetle feed on wood-decaying fungi. This species overwinters in its larval stage.
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Yakuhananomia bidentata (Say, 1824)
Hoshihananomia octopunctata (Fabricius, 1775)
Falsomordellistena pubescens (Fabricius, 1798)
Mordellistena trifasciata (Say, 1826)
Paramordellaria triloba (Say, 1824)
Mordellistena cervicalis LeConte, 1862
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