| Anthaxia nitidula | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Anthaxia |
| Species: | A. nitidula |
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| Anthaxia nitidula | |
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Anthaxia nitidula is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.
The adults are 5–7 millimetres (0.20–0.28 in) long. [2] and are pollinators. [3] The male is completely metallic green, while the head and pronotum in the female are red and elytra are green. Main host plants of the wood-boring larvae [3] are in the genera Amygdalus , Crataegus and Prunus . [4]
This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa. [5]
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