Red-legged Buprestis

Buprestis rufipes

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae

Buprestis rufipes, the red-legged buprestis, is a green metallic wood boring beetle native to southern and eastern United States in North America. Little is known about this beetle. It apparently inhabits dead or dying hardwood in its adult phase.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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