''Phytoecia metallescens'' is a species of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

in the family

Cerambycidae The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by anten ...

. It was described by

Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (15 January 1843 – 20 July 1928) was a Swedish entomologist. Life Christopher Aurivillius was born at Forsa, Sweden. He was the director of the Natural History Museum in Stockholm and he specialised in Col ...

in 1923, originally under the genus ''

Blepisanis ''Phytoecia'' is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae,Biolib.cz - ''Phytoecia''
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''.BioLib.cz - ''Phytoecia metallescens''
Retrieved on 8 September 2014.

References

metallescens Beetles described in 1923 {{Phytoecia-stub