''Actenodes simi'' is a species of
metallic wood-boring beetle in the family
Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...
. It is found in North America.
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See also
* Actenodes
''Actenodes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
* '' Actenodes acornis'' (Say, 1833)
* '' Actenodes acuminipennis'' (Gory, 1841)
* '' Actenodes admirabilis'' Obenberger, 1932
* '' Actenodes adoni ...
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Buprestidae
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Beetles described in 1940
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