Order Coleoptera Rank Species | Genus Anthaxia Higher classification Anthaxia | |
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Similar Anthaxia, Beetle, Buprestidae, Insect, Anthaxia salicis | ||
Anthaxia nitidula is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.
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Description
The adults are 5–7 millimetres (0.20–0.28 in) long. and are pollinators. The male is completely metallic green, while head and pronotum in the female are red and elytra are green. Main host plants of wood-boring larvae are in genus Amygdalus, Crataegus and Prunus.
Distribution
This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East and in the North Africa.
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