buprestid

buprestid

English

Buprestis novemmaculata

Wikispecies

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

Translations

any species of Buprestidae

Belarusian: златка f (zlatka) Dutch: prachtkever m

Italian: buprestide m Ukrainian: златка f (zlatka)