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Buprestis novemmaculata

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Noun

buprestid ‎(plural buprestids)

1. Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.
   • 2009, T. R. New, Beetles in Conservation, page 189,

     Other species are recognized pests, and various buprestids attack either living or dead trees.

   • 2010, Helmut Riedl, Jesus Avilla, Cherry Insects: Ecology and Control, David Pimentel (editor), Encyclopedia of Pest Management, Volume 2, page 79,

     The buprestid Capnodis tenebrionis L. is a major root pest of cherries and other stone fruits in semiarid areas of southern Europe, around the Mediterranean, and Asia Minor.

   • 2011, E. C. Pielou, The World of Northern Evergreens, 2nd Edition, page 97,

     An example is the golden buprestid (Buprestis aurulenta), a brilliant copper-colored beetle that bores into living pines, firs, Douglas-fir, spruces, and other conifers in the western mountains. Its pest rating is high.

Synonyms

• (any species of Buprestidae): jewel beetle

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