- Coraebus elatus
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Coraebus elatus 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Buprestidae Genus: Coraebus Species: C. elatus Binomial name Coraebus elatus
(Fabricius, 1787)Synonyms - Coraebus lampsanae (Bonelli, 1804)
- Anthaxia sinuatus (Creutzer, 1796)
Coraebus elatus is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Agrilinae.
This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the Near East, and in East Palearctic ecozone.
Main larval host plants are in genera Agrimonia, Filipendula, Fragaria, Lapsana, Potentilla, Poterium and Sanguisorba.
The length of adults varies from 4.5 to 7.2 millimetres (0.18 to 0.28 in).
Subspecies
- Coraebus elatus elatus (Fabricius, 1787)
- Coraebus elatus repletus (Abeille de Perrin, 1893)
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