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Bronze Birch Borer - Agrilus
Copyright © 2011 Karl Hillig

Bronze Birch Borer - Agrilus
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
June 20, 2011
Size: ~6.5 mm
On Jacquemonti birch leaf. A Bronze Birch borer? Collected for further study. ID help appreciated.

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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 20 June, 2011 - 3:29pm
Last updated 30 September, 2020 - 3:59pm

Identity
After rechecking this image, looking closely at the abdominal apex of the ventral and lateral views, which I may not have looked at in 2011, and considering the coloring, in my opinion this is not Agrilus anxius, not even a member of that group. My reason is that there does not appear to be a pygidial projection. My advice about basing identifications on hosts now must be modified: Alone, it is not reliable.
… Richard L. Westcott, 30 September, 2020 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bronze Birch Borer.
… Richard L. Westcott, 30 September, 2020 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

Host plant
Providing the host plant for this species was the key to identification. Whenever such information is available, for either adults or larvae, it should be provided.
… Richard L. Westcott, 23 June, 2011 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID
and advice, Richard.
… Karl Hillig, 23 June, 2011 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Agrilus.
… Richard L. Westcott, 23 June, 2011 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 20 June, 2011 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks =v=.
I'll take better pictures when I have time.
… Karl Hillig, 20 June, 2011 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

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