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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Agrilini » Agrilus » European Oak Borer (Agrilus sulcicollis)

Species Agrilus sulcicollis - European Oak Borer

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Agrilus sulcicollis Lacordaire - Agrilus sulcicollis - male Agrilus sulcicollis Lacordaire - Agrilus sulcicollis - male Agrilus sulcicollis Lacordaire - Agrilus sulcicollis - female Agrilus sulcicollis - male Agrilus sulcicollis - male Agrilus sulcicollis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Buprestoidea
Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Subfamily Agrilinae
Tribe Agrilini
Genus Agrilus
Species sulcicollis (European Oak Borer)
Other Common Names
EOB
Explanation of Names
Agrilus (Quercuagrilus) sulcicollis Lacordaire 1835
Size
5-9 mm(1)
Identification
Discriminating A. sulcicollis from A. cyanescens (Zablotny yyyy?)
Range
Native to Europe (except extreme north)(1), adventive in NA (ON, NY, MI)(2)(Haack et al. 2010)
Food
hosts: various oaks (Quercus), chestnut (Castanea), beech (Fagus)(2)
Remarks
earliest NA record: ON 1995; earliest US record: MI 2003(2)(Haack et al. 2010)
Internet References
First US report(2)
Works Cited
1.Agrilus sulcicollis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a new alien species in North America
Jendek E., Grebennikov V.V. 2009. Can. Entomol. 141: 236–245.
2.NAPPO's Phytosanitary Alert System
Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 17 December, 2009 - 9:51am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 2 June, 2021 - 10:18am

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