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Species Agrilus hyperici - St. John's Wort Root Borer

St. John's wort root borer - Agrilus hyperici
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 hyperici (St. John's Wort Root Borer)
Explanation of Names
Agrilus hyperici (Creutzer 1799)
Size
3.5-6 mm(1)
Identification
adult habitus photos by Boris Loboda • Josef Dvořák
Range
native to w. Palaearctic, intentionally introduced and established in so.BC-WA-CA-MT(2)(3)(4)
Food
host: St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)(2)
Remarks
biological control agent, contributed significantly to the suppression of St. John’s wort in Idaho(2)
first released in our area: CA 1950(3)
Internet References
Fact sheets: anon.(5) | Cowling (yyyy)(3) | anon.(4) |
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002-) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.Agrilus sulcicollis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a new alien species in North America
Jendek E., Grebennikov V.V. 2009. Can. Entomol. 141: 236–245.
3.Breitenfeldt T., ed. (1999-) Montana war on weeds
4.Invasive plants with biocontrol -- BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
5.Integrated Weed Control Project: Biological control agents
Contributed by v belov on 28 July, 2015 - 4:18pm
Last updated 15 March, 2016 - 2:02am

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