WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
metal′lic wood′-boring bee′tle, 
  1. Insectsany of numerous metallic green, blue, copper, or black beetles of the family Buprestidae, the larvae of which bore into the wood of trees.

'metallic wood-boring beetle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
apple tree borer - flatheaded borer

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