Buprestis novemmaculata

France, Corsica, Altiani 31-07-2019
© Johan Verstraeten
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Carl Linnaeus
1767

Body length : 13-20mm.

Host plant : Pinaceae.

The beetles are mainly found on Pinus sp.  Also found on Abies alba, Larix decidua and Picea abies.

The larvae are wood-boring larvae.  They bore deep into the trunk of recently dead trees, creating broad galleries in the sapwood and heartwood.