Coptodryas elegans is a species of ambrosia beetles in the tribe Xyleborini (highly specialized weevils of the subfamily Scolytinae). It is found in Asia (Burma, India, Indonesia) and the Pacific. The type locality is Raja Bhat Khawa in Bengal. It can be found on Albizzia moluccana, Eugenia jambolana, Lansium sp. and Shorea robusta.

Coptodryas elegans
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C. elegans
Binomial name
Coptodryas elegans
(Sampson) Wood & Bright, 1992[1]
Synonyms
  • Coptodryas conccinnus
  • Coptodryas flexiocostatus
  • Xyleborus elegans Sampson 1923

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  1. ^ A catalogue of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera). Part 2, Volumes A & B. SL Wood and DE Bright Jr - Great Basin naturalist memoirs, 1992

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