A large brightly coloured beetle c. 2 cm long, predominantly blue-green to golden-green with the elytral suture and margins copper-coloured.
An introduced species recorded in SA in timber imported from north-eastern USA and intercepted at Port Adelaide. The larvae bore in Pinus and other conifers and are reported to survive in timber for up to 60 years.
Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
¹ Legend | regions | SA State Herbarium regions (map) EA: Eastern, EP: Eyre Peninsula, FR: Flinders Ranges, GT: Gairdner-Torrens, KI: Kangaroo Island, LE: Lake Eyre, MU: Murray, NL: Northern Lofty, NU: Nullarbor, NW: North-Western, SE: South-Eastern, SL: Southern Lofty, YP: Yorke Peninsula |