Buprestis aurulenta

Buprestis aurulenta
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. The adult beetle is an iridescent green, with shining orange trim all around the wing covers. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 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. Guide to Colorado Insects. Englewood, CO: Westcliffe Publishers. pp. 132–133. ISBN 9781565795211. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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