Agriotes lineatus

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Agriotes lineatus (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Darius Bauzys
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Agriotes lineatus (Linnaeus, 1767) - (common click beetle)

The larvae (wireworms) attack tubers/roots of numerous crops like potatoes, beets, cereals, sunflower, hop and vegetables, also ornamental plants and young trees may be damaged. This is one of the most destructive Agriotes species in Europe and has been accidentally introduced into western Canada in the late 1800s.

Agriotes lineatus (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Eric LaGasa, Washington State Department of Agriculture
Source: IPM Images

Synonyms:
Agriotes segetis

Vernacular names
• Deutsch: Feldhumusschnellkäfer
Gestreifter Saatschnellkäfer
• English: common click beetle
lined click beetle
striped elaterid beetle
• Español: elatérido rayado
• Français: taupin des moissons
taupin rayé