Chrysobothris azurea LeConte, 1857

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 : 2

Chrysobothris azurea LeConte, 1857

Although the distribution map in Paiero et al. (2012) for this widespread species shows it to occur in KEN- TUCKY, neither Bellamy (2008) or Nelson et al. (2008) listed it from that state, and no other record has been encountered. A voucher is Madison Co., Berrea College Forest, Cowbell Creek area, 37.54563°, −84.22774°, 10–17-VI-2013, CSUC. NEBRASKA, So. Sious City, 22-VII-1912, L. T. Williams, UNSM. This species is widespread in the USA escept the Pacific and most southwestern states, and it occurs across Canada. WISCONSIN, Columbia Co., Mud L. St. Wildlife Area, SE Sec. 14, T11N, R10E, 23-VI-1992, P. J. Johnson, RLWE.