| Anthaxia scutellaris | |
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| Anthaxia nitidula - male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Buprestoidea |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Subfamily: | Buprestinae |
| Genus: | Anthaxia |
| Species: | A. scutellaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthaxia scutellaris Géné, 1839 |
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Anthaxia scutellaris is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.
This beetle is present in Albania, Croatia, France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain and in North Africa.
The larva is polyphagous and lives at the expense of several shrubs and trees. Main larval host plants are in genus Arbutus, Ceratonia, Cornus, Juniper, Malus, Pinus, Pistacia, Prunus, Pyrus, Quercus, Salix and Spartium.
The adults are 5-6 mm long. Their body shows metallic blue, green and purple colours. They can be encountered from April through July, lying above the daisies, but also on flowers of Umbelliferae and other flowers.