Chariessa pilosa
Species of beetle
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Chariessa pilosa is a species of checkered beetle in the family Cleridae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.[1][2][3] It is a predator of wood-boring beetles and lives in the galleries made by said beetles, including during pupation. [4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cleridae |
| Genus: | Chariessa |
| Species: | C. pilosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Chariessa pilosa (Forster, 1781) | |
