Species Agrilus cuprescens - Rose Stem Girdler

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Buprestid on rose leaf - Agrilus cuprescens

golden Buprestid on rose leaf - Agrilus cuprescens - female

Agrilus? - Agrilus cuprescens - male - female

Possible Agrilus cuprescens in New Brunswick - Agrilus cuprescens

rose stem girdler - Agrilus cuprescens - 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 cuprescens (Rose Stem Girdler )

Other Common Names

Bronze Cane Borer(1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

aurichalceus Redtenbacher 1849 (still treated under this name in many sources, incl.(2)(3)(1))

Explanation of Names

Agrilus cuprescens (Ménétriés 1832)

Range

native to, and widespread in the Palaearctic, adventive in NA(4) and now widespread east of the Rockies (NS-SK-ID south to NJ-WV-MO-UT) + OR(5)(6)(2)

Food

hosts: Rosa (rose), Rubus (raspberry), Ribes (currant, gooseberry)(2)(3)

Remarks

earliest NA record: NJ 1923(2)

Works Cited

1.	Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides) Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.

2.	Immigrant phytophagous insects on woody plants in the United States and Canada: an annotated list Mattson W.J., Niemela P., Millers I., Inguanzo Y. 1994. General Tech. Report NC-169. St. Paul: USDA Forest Service, North Central Forest Exp.Sta.

3.	Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.

4.	Coleoptera Poloniae

5.	Agrilus sulcicollis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a new alien species in North America Jendek E., Grebennikov V.V. 2009. Can. Entomol. 141: 236–245.

6.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 7 June, 2007 - 8:12pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 July, 2015 - 9:55am

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