''Lampetis fastuosa'' is a jewel beetle of the

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Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family (biology), family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy Iridescence, iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the lar ...

Description

''Lampetis fastuosa'' can reach a length of . The basic colour is bright metallic bluish green which unlike leaves does not reflect in the near-infrared. The head is rugose and the elytra are convex, with rows of distinct punctations. This species is considered a destructive insect. In India it defoliates the young shoots and gnaws the bark of ''

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Acacia catechu ''Senegalia catechu'', previously known as ''Acacia catechu'', is a deciduous, thorny tree which grows up to in height. The plant is called ''kachu'' in Malay; the Malay name was Latinized to "catechu" in Linnaean taxonomy, as the species from ...

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Distribution

This species can be found in southern

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References

* Stebbing, E.P
''The bark-eating and root-boring beetles (Coelosterna scabrata, F., and Psiloptera fastuosa, F.) OF THE BABUL (Acacia arabica)''
- Superintendent Government Printing, India

External links

Lampetis fastuosa on Gorodinski

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Beetles of Asia Buprestidae Beetles described in 1775 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{Buprestidae-stub