BUPRESTINAE
Leach, 1815
PSILOPTERINI
Lacordaire, 1857
SPHENOPTERINA Lacordaire, 1857
Genus Sphenoptera
Dejean, 1833
Sphenoptera
Dejean, 1833: 81
Type species: Buprestis lapidaria Brulle
subgenus Chilostetha
Jakovlev, 1889
Chilostetha
Jakovlev, 1889: 83
Type species: Sphenoptera basalis F. Morawitz
jugoslavica
Obenberger 1926:192, 198, 199, 207 - Idaho,
Oregon, Washington introduced
Note: Introduced species for control of Diffuse Knapweed, Centaurea diffusa
Rees, N. E., P. C. Quimby, Jr.,
G. L. Piper, E. M. Coombs, C. E. Turner, N. R. Spencer, & L. V. Knutson
(Eds.) 1996.
Biological control of weeds in the West. Western Society of Weed Science,
in cooperation with USDA Agricultural Research Service,
Montana Department of Agriculture, Montana State University. Color World
Printers, Bozeman, Montana.