buprestid

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Buprestis novemmaculata
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Etymology

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From translingual Buprestidae.

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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[1], 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”, in 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.

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