Wood Boring Insects of Montana
Chrysobothris azurea LeConte 1857
Recorded Montana Distribution
Distribution:
Biology and Hosts: larvae - maple, Speckled Alder, Downy Serviceberry, Gray Birch, Pecan, Climbing Bittersweet,
Eastern Redbud, Green Hawthorn, Common Persimmon, Black Walnut, pine, Chokeberry,
Scarlet Oak, Swamp White Oak, Smooth Sumac, grape, Chinese Wisteria; adults - Sugar
Maple, Norway Maple, Mockernut Hickory, Flowering Dogwood, Gray Dogwood, hawthorn,
White Ash, Green Ash, Honeylocust, Golden Rain-tree, Eastern White Pine, Quaking Aspen,
Eastern Black Oak, Pin Oak, Eastern Poison-oak
Collecting Notes:
Flight Period:
Size: 5-9mm
Distribution and biological notes from Paiero et al. 2012. Jewel Beetles of N.E. North America.
Dorsal View
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