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Agrilus turnbowi
mistletoe buprestid
Agrilus turnbowi is a small metallic wood-boring beetle described from southern Texas in 1990. It is notable as the first buprestid species documented to develop in mistletoe, specifically within dead stems of Phoradendron tomentosum parasitizing mesquite. The species exhibits purplish-red coloration with complex patterns of golden setae on the elytra, traits shared with related Mexican species A. andersoni and A. howdenorum that also associate with mistletoe hosts.