| Anthaxia nitidula | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Subfamily: | Buprestinae |
| Genus: | Anthaxia |
| Species: | A. nitidula |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthaxia nitidula (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Anthaxia nitidula is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.
This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East and in the North Africa.
Main larval host plants are in genus Amygdalus, Crataegus and Prunus.
The adults are 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in) long. The male is completely metallic green, while head and pronotum in the female are red and elytra are green.