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Genus Agrilus

Buprestid - Agrilus Agrilus Buprestid - Agrilus defectus Buprestidae -  Agrilus? - Agrilus - male - female Agrilus cyanescens Buprestid - Agrilus Agrilus planipennis - male Agrilus sulcicollis Lacordaire - Agrilus sulcicollis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Buprestoidea (Metallic Wood Boring Beetles)
Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Subfamily Agrilinae
Genus Agrilus
Numbers
171 species documented north of Mexico (1)
Range
Generally distributed (1)
Food
Most spp. are wood borers (1)
Print References
Bellamy, C.L. 1996. Comments on the genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825: Where do we go and do we go together? (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae). Elytron, 9 (1995): 77–86.
Fisher, W.S. 1928. A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the genus Agrilus. United States National Museum Bulletin, 145: 1-347.
Internet References
Photos - Invasive Species
Emerald Ash Borer - Invasive Species
Emerald Ash Borer - (EAB), Agrilus planipennis
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)