Buprestis aurulenta

TaxID: 2917887

Basic Information

Buprestis aurulenta

Golden Buprestid, Golden buprestid

Buprestis aurulenta, commonly known as the golden jewel beetle or golden buprestid, is a species of beetle in the genus Buprestis. The larvae of Buprestis aurulenta live inside a variety of coniferous trees and can survive for long periods in dry wood. The adult beetle is an iridescent green, with shining orange trim all around the wing covers. The beetles are found in the Pacific Northwest as far north as southern British Columbia and southward through the Rocky Mountains to Mexico. They are rare in Alberta, and specimens have been collected in Manitoba. On May 27, 1983, a golden jewel beetle emerged from a staircase in Essex, UK, after at least 47 years as a larva.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Buprestidae

Buprestis

aurulenta

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Buprestis aurulenta
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(c) Thomas Shahan@BY-NC
Buprestis aurulenta
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(c) Harsi S. Parker@BY-NC
Buprestis aurulenta
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(c) Adam Schneider@BY-NC
Buprestis aurulenta
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Buprestis aurulenta
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(c) León Simón Sánchez@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
New Zealand Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (8 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Canada Present —
United Kingdom Present —
Greece Present —
Mexico Present —
Norway Present —
New Zealand Present —
United States of America Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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