Agrilus viridis (beech splendour beetle) is a wood-boring beetle.
It belongs to the jewel beetle family, Buprestidae.
Widely found in Europe, its larvae eat the wood of living trees — the favourite host plants are goat willow (Salix caprea), beech (Fagus) and birch (Betula), but they will inhabit a number of deciduous tree species.
Occasionally the beetle may become a pest in horticulture or forestry.
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