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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 » Agrilus politus

Species Agrilus politus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Wood-boring Beetle - Agrilus politus buprestid - Agrilus politus Buprestid - Agrilus politus - female Metallic wood boring beetle from Washington 10.07.16 - Agrilus politus Buprestid - Agrilus politus Agrilus politus (Say) - Agrilus politus Buprestid - Agrilus politus Metallic Borer - Agrilus politus
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 politus (Agrilus politus)
Other Common Names
Willow Gall Limb Borer, Common Willow Agrilus, (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Agrilus politus (Say)
Orig. Comb: Buprestis politus Say 1825
Numbers
5.0-8.5 mm (1)
Range
widely dist. (CA-GA-NS-AK) / Mex. (1)(2)
Season
mostly: May-Aug (BG data)
Food
larvae host on willows - Salix spp. and maples - Acer spp. (1)(2)
Remarks
Type Locality: "Bank of Mississippi River"
Works Cited
1.Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs
Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.
2.A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico.
Nelson et al. 2008. The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4. 274 pp.
Contributed by tom murray on 28 July, 2006 - 6:41am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 17 October, 2017 - 7:57am

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