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Species Details
Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum Read more about this collection »
SeasonalityJuly.
IdentificationThis common species is one of the hardest to identify, it is similar to many other species of Chrysobothris. The beetles are black with a brassy to greenish lustre. Callosities on the front of the head are conspicuous to reduced by the coarse punctures, the front of the head is brassy green to coppery with green along the inner edge of the eye. Each elytron has 4 costa, the first is distinct, the others, are interrupted by the foveae.
Scientific Name
Chrysobothris trinervia
Habitat
Conifer forests.
Seasonality
July.
Identification
This common species is one of the hardest to identify, it is similar to many other species of Chrysobothris. The beetles are black with a brassy to greenish lustre. Callosities on the front of the head are…
This common species is one of the hardest to identify, it is similar to many other species of Chrysobothris. The beetles are black with a brassy to greenish lustre. Callosities on the front of the head are conspicuous to reduced by the coarse punctures, the front of the head is brassy green to coppery with green along the inner edge of the eye. Each elytron has 4 costa, the first is distinct, the others, are interrupted by the foveae.
Conservation
Very common.
Diet Info
Known from pines, spruce and Douglas fir (Fisher 1942, Bright 1987). In Alberta it has been reared from lodgepole pine and tamarack, and associated with white spruce, balsam fir and pines.
Range
This species ranges from north of the Arctic Circle in Alaska and the Yukon in the North, south to Utah, Colorado in the west and North Carolina in the east (Fisher 1942, Bright 1987).
Citation
Page Citation for Chrysobothris trinervia
Page Citation
"Species Details - Chrysobothris trinervia, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-3028/9-50530. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
References
Author
Fisher, W. S.
Title
A revision of the North American species of Buprestid beetles belonging to the tribe Chrysobothrini.
Publication Date
1942
Pages
275 pp.
Author
Bright, D. E.
Title
The Metallic Wood-boring Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Coleoptera: Buprestidae.
Publication Date
1987
Pages
335
Specimen Information
There are 42 specimens of this Species.
UASM23313 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Andrew
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1921-06-21
UASM23314 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Andrew
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1921-06-21
UASM23320 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Andrew
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1921-06-21
UASM23323 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Andrew
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1921-06-21
UASM23326 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Andrew
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1921-06-21
UASM23327 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Banff National Park, Banff
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1927-08-10
UASM23328 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton Park
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1932-07-10
UASM23329 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton Park
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1932-07-10
UASM23330 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton Park
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1931-07-17
UASM23331 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Banff National Park, Banff
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1932-07-27
UASM23332 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton Park
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1931-07-17
UASM23333 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Banff National Park, Banff
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1932-06-27
UASM23334 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton Park
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1931-07-17
UASM23335 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton Park
Collected ByTinkham, E. R.
Date Collected1926-08-29
UASM23336 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Banff National Park, Banff
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1932-07-27
UASM23337 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Banff National Park, Banff
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1929-07-05
UASM23338 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton Park
Collected ByTinkham, E. R.
Date Collected1926-08-29
UASM23339 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Banff National Park, Banff
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1927-08-11
UASM23340 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Devon
Collected ByHudson, J. E.
Date Collected1971-06-19/1971-06-30
UASM23341 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Banff National Park, Banff
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1927-08-08
UASM23342 - Chrysobothris trinervia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Banff National Park, Banff
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1927-08-11