buprestid

noun

1. Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.

   “Other species are recognized pests, and various buprestids attack either living or dead trees.”

   “The buprestid Capnodis tenebrionis L. is a major root pest of cherries and other stone fruits in semiarid areas of southern Europe, around the Mediterranean, and Asia Minor.”

   “An example is the golden buprestid (Buprestis aurulenta), a brilliant copper-colored beetle that bores into living pines, firs, Douglas-fir, spruces, and other conifers in the western mountains. Its pest rating is high.”