buprestid
English
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Buprestis novemmaculata
Noun
buprestid (plural buprestids)
- 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.
- 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
Translations
any species of Buprestidae
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