Acmaeoderella flavofasciata

Acmaeoderella flavofasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Buprestidae
Subfamily:	Polycestinae
Genus:	Acmaeoderella
Species:	A. flavofasciata
Binomial name
	Acmaeoderella flavofasciata; (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1763)
Synonyms
	Acmaeodera buresi (Obenberger, 1935); Acmaeodera deorum (Obenberger, 1940); Acmaeodera dispersenotata (Pic, 1918); Acmaeodera unifasciata (Rey, 1890); Buprestis flavofasciata (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783); Buprestis hirta (Villers, 1789); Buprestis taeniata (Fabricius, 1787); Buprestis volvulus (Fabricius, 1793);

Acmaeoderella flavofasciata is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Polycestinae.^[1]

This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in the North Africa.

The adults are 6.5–11.0 millimetres (0.26–0.43 in) long. Head and pronotum are wrinkled and hairy.

Main larval host plants are in genus Acer, Castanea, Fagus, Juniperus, Populus, Prunus, Pyrus, Quercus and Ulmus.

References

^ Bellamy, C. L. (2010). "Genus Acmaeoderella". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 22 Jun 2011.

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