Chrysobothris idahoensis Barr,1969

Westcott, Richard L., 2023, New host and distribution records plus additional notes for North American species of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), with designation of a lectotype for Chrysobothris vulcanica LeConte, 1861, Insecta Mundi 2023 (967), pp. 1-10 : 4

Chrysobothris idahoensis Barr,1969

CALIFORNIA, Shasta Co., 10 mi W Bartle, 23-VI-1968, on and emgd. ex Eriogonum sp. , 8–20-VII-1968. Siskiyou Co., Mt. Shasta, ski lift area, 5-VIII-1963, CAS; NE,SE Sec.31, T41N, R3W, Mt. Shasta, Bunny Flat, 7050′, 1-VIII-1982, on host plant, Eriogonum marifolium A.Gray (new larval hosts), and Mt. Shasta, Panther Meadow, 7700′, 28-VII-1986, all R. L. Westcott, RLWE, OSAC, WFBM. This species belongs to what I might term the “aeneola group,” an extremely confused assemblage of species, most or likely all of which utilize species of Eriogonum as adult and larval hosts.