Anthaxia umbellatarum

Anthaxia umbellatarum

A small about 6 mm beetle from Buprestidae family (Jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles).
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Distribution

Almost whole Europe, Turkey, North Africa, Russia.

Food

Larvas feeding on Quercus sp., Castanea sativa, Pistacia sp. Pirus mamorensis, Cytisus spinosus.
Imagos feeding on Daucus sp., Achillea sp., Eryngium sp, Aster.

References:

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http://www.anthaxia.eu/Pays/syrie.htm
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyBuprestidae
GenusAnthaxia
SpeciesAnthaxia umbellatarum
Photographed in
Greece