
Appearance
''Catoxantha opulenta'' can reach a length of about 45 and 60 millimetres . This beautiful and quite common ''jewel beetle'' has metallic dark bluish-green elytra with thick and prominent black costae and two yellow transverse bands. Abdominal sternum is yellow. It bores the wood of ''Chukrasia velutina'' and ''Lagerstroemia speciosa''. The life-cycle is annual. Adults emerge in June.References:
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