Bug FAQPhellopsis porcata
Phellopsis porcata · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Zopheridae
Phellopsis porcata lives in parts of western North America, including the western United States and Canada. Both adults and larvae eat fungi such as birch-associated Piptoporus betulinus and Heterobasidion annosum on balsam fir, and they have also been seen on fungi growing on western hemlock and Lentinus species.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
They have also been reported feeding on fungi on western hemlock and on Lentinus species.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range includes parts of western North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 11 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Zopheridae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phellopsis_porcata
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.