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Live-oak Root Borer
Archodontes melanopus
Archodontes melanopus is a root-boring species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Archodontes. It is native to Central America and the south-eastern United States, and bores the roots of oaks and other hardwoods.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 306270.