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.

   Other species are recognized pests, and various buprestids attack either living or dead trees.

   2009, T. R. New, Beetles in Conservation, page 189

   2 more examples

   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.

   2010, Helmut Riedl, Jesus Avilla, “Cherry Insects: Ecology and Control”, in David Pimentel, editor, Encyclopedia of Pest Management, volume 2, page 79

   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.

   2011, E. C. Pielou, The World of Northern Evergreens, 2nd edition, page 97

   Synonyms: jewel beetle