Species Agrilus acutipennis - Spotworm Borer

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Works Cited

Agrilus acutipennis Mannerheim - Agrilus acutipennis

Agrilus acutipennis dorsal - Agrilus acutipennis

Metallic green boring beetle with white spots on side and underside - Agrilus acutipennis

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 acutipennis (Spotworm Borer)

Explanation of Names

Agrilus acutipennis Mannerheim 1837

Size

7.5-12.7 mm(1)

Range

e. half of the US (ME-MN-CO to FL-TX) + se. Canada(2)

Food

Larvae in oaks (Quercus), adults on oaks and other trees(2)

Works Cited

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

2.	A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico. Nelson et al. 2008. The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4. 274 pp.

Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 11 February, 2011 - 5:41pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 5 April, 2012 - 8:24pm

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