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Boxwood Borer (Heterobostrychus brunneus)
Species
Heterobostrychus brunneus
- Boxwood Borer
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Bostrichoidea
Family
Bostrichidae (Horned Powder-post Beetles)
Subfamily
Bostrichinae
Tribe
Bostrichini
Genus
Heterobostrychus
Species
brunneus
(Boxwood Borer)
Explanation of Names
Heterobostrychus brunneus
(Murray 1867)
Size
6–13 mm
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Range
native to Africa, adventive in NA (CA, established)
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Life Cycle
completed in ~1 year (up to 3 years)
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Remarks
common in Africa where it is often a pest in debarked logs and in timber used in floors/roof
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Works Cited
1.
Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
2.
Exotic bark- and wood-boring Coleoptera in the United States: recent establishments and interceptions
Haack R.A. 2006. Can. J. For. Res. 36(2): 269–288.
3.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by
v belov
on 17 February, 2014 - 10:04am
Last updated 17 February, 2014 - 3:48pm