Buprestis aurulenta

Buprestis aurulenta
	Adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Buprestis
Species:	B. aurulenta
Binomial name
	Buprestis aurulenta; Linnaeus, 1767

Buprestis aurulenta, commonly known as the golden jewel beetle[1] or golden buprestid, is a species of beetle in the genus Buprestis.[2]

B. aurulenta larvae live inside a variety of coniferous trees and can survive for long periods in dry wood.[3] The adult beetle is an iridescent green, with shining orange trim all around the wing covers.[1]

References

Acorn, John (2001). Bugs of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC: Lone Pine Publishing. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-55105-231-1.
Cranshaw, Whitney; Kondratieff, Boris C. (2006). Guide to Colorado Insects. Englewood, CO: Westcliffe Publishers. pp. 132–133. ISBN 9781565795211. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
Robert A. Zabel; Jeffrey J. Morrell (2 December 2012). Wood Microbiology: Decay and Its Prevention. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-323-13946-5.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[Acorn_2001-1] Acorn, John (2001). Bugs of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC: Lone Pine Publishing. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-55105-231-1.

[2] Cranshaw, Whitney; Kondratieff, Boris C. (2006). Guide to Colorado Insects. Englewood, CO: Westcliffe Publishers. pp. 132–133. ISBN 9781565795211. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[ZabelMorrell2012-3] Robert A. Zabel; Jeffrey J. Morrell (2 December 2012). Wood Microbiology: Decay and Its Prevention. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-323-13946-5.