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Species Agrilus sulcicollis - European Oak Borer

Agrilus sulcicollis Lacordaire - Agrilus sulcicollis - male Agrilus sulcicollis Lacordaire - Agrilus sulcicollis - male Agrilus sulcicollis Lacordaire - Agrilus sulcicollis - female Agrilus sulcicollis - male Agrilus sulcicollis - male Agrilus sulcicollis - male Agrilus sulcicollis Agrilus sulcicollis
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 sulcicollis (European Oak Borer)
Other Common Names
EOB
Explanation of Names
Agrilus (Quercuagrilus) sulcicollis Lacordaire 1835
Size
5-9 mm(1)
Identification
Discriminating A. sulcicollis from A. cyanescens (Zablotny yyyy?)
Range
Native to Europe (except extreme north)(1), adventive in NA (ON, NY, MI)(2)(Haack et al. 2010)
Food
hosts: various oaks (Quercus), chestnut (Castanea), beech (Fagus)(2)
Remarks
earliest NA record: ON 1995; earliest US record: MI 2003(2)(Haack et al. 2010)
Internet References
First US report(2)
Works Cited
1.Agrilus sulcicollis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a new alien species in North America
Jendek E., Grebennikov V.V. 2009. Can. Entomol. 141: 236–245.
2.NAPPO's Phytosanitary Alert System
Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 17 December, 2009 - 9:51am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 2 June, 2021 - 10:18am

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