Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Melanophilini » Melanophila » Melanophila atropurpurea
Photo#1631987
metallic woodborer - Melanophila atropurpurea
Copyright © 2019 Valerie G. Bugh

metallic woodborer - Melanophila atropurpurea
Candelaria, Presidio County, Texas, USA
August 21, 2018
Found near where we were running mercury vapor lights, near the Rio Grande River flood plain.
Contributed by Valerie G. Bugh on 2 February, 2019 - 12:19pm
Last updated 1 August, 2020 - 12:54pm

Moved
Moved from Actenodes mendax.
… Valerie G. Bugh, 1 August, 2020 - 12:54pm

This is Melanophila, probably m. atropurpurea
… Pleocoma, 1 August, 2020 - 12:12pm

 
Thank you very much
for the correction!
… Valerie G. Bugh, 1 August, 2020 - 12:56pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo