Acmaeoderella flavofasciata (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783) is a animal in the Buprestidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Acmaeoderella flavofasciata (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)

Acmaeoderella flavofasciata (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)

Acmaeoderella flavofasciata is a jewel beetle species found in Europe, the eastern Palearctic, and North Africa that develops on many tree genera.

Family
Genus
Acmaeoderella
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Acmaeoderella flavofasciata (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)

Acmaeoderella flavofasciata (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783) is a species of jewel beetle in the subfamily Polycestinae, family Buprestidae. This beetle can be found across most of Europe, the eastern Palearctic realm, and North Africa. Adult individuals reach between 6.5 and 11.0 millimetres (0.26 to 0.43 inches) in length. The head and pronotum of this species are both wrinkled and covered in hairs. The main host plants used by this beetle's larvae are species from the genera Acer, Castanea, Fagus, Juniperus, Populus, Prunus, Pyrus, Quercus and Ulmus.

Photo: (c) Gilles San Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Gilles San Martin · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Coleoptera › Buprestidae › Acmaeoderella

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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