Background: Two jewel beetle species native to Europe, the cypress jewel beetle, (, ) L. (Buprestidae, Coleoptera), and the sinuate pear tree borer, Olivier (Buprestidae, Coleoptera), are key pests of ornamental thuja and junipers and of orchard and ornamental rosaceous trees, respectively. Although chemical control measures are available, due to the beetles' small size, agility, and cryptic lifestyle at the larval stage, efficient tools for their detection and monitoring are missing.
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