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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 » Sinuate Peartree Borer (Agrilus sinuatus)

Species Agrilus sinuatus - Sinuate Peartree Borer

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 sinuatus (Sinuate Peartree Borer)
Explanation of Names
Agrilus sinuatus (Olivier 1790)
Size
4.5-10 mm(1)
Range
native to the Palaearctic (Europe to Siberia)(2), adventive in NA (ne. US: CT-NJ)(3)
Food
hosts: at least eight genera of Rosaceae(4), incl. pear (preferred), hawthorn, quince, cotoneaster, serviceberry(3)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NJ 1894(3)
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.Coleoptera Poloniae
3.Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs
Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.
4.Agrilus sulcicollis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a new alien species in North America
Jendek E., Grebennikov V.V. 2009. Can. Entomol. 141: 236–245.
Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 8 October, 2010 - 3:25pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 July, 2015 - 7:12pm

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