''Trachykele blondeli'' is a species in the family Buprestidae ("metallic wood-boring beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles"). Common names include "western cedar borer", "powder worm beetle" and "western red cedar borer". They live in

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

and North America.

References

* A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico., Nelson et al. 2008. The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4. 274 pp. * American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. * American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press. * Nelson, Gayle H., George C. Walters Jr., R. Dennis Haines, and Charles L. Bellamy (2008). A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico. ''The Coleopterists' Society, Special Publication, no. 4'', iv + 274. * Peterson Field Guides: Beetles, Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company. * The world of jewel beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Bellamy C.L.

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* Buprestidae Beetles described in 1865 {{beetle-stub

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