Species Chalcophora virginiensis - Sculptured Pine Borer

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Chalcophora virginiensis

Chalcophora virginiensis Drury - Chalcophora virginiensis - female

Sculptured Pine Borer? - Chalcophora virginiensis

dicerca or chrysobothris or? - Chalcophora virginiensis

Large Buprestidae? - Chalcophora virginiensis

Chalcophora virginiensis? - Chalcophora virginiensis

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 Chrysochroinae

Tribe Chrysochroini

Genus Chalcophora

Species virginiensis (Sculptured Pine Borer)

Other Common Names

Large Flat-headed Pine Heartwood Borer, Larger Flat-headed Pine Borer, Virginia Pine Borer, Western Pine Borer

Explanation of Names

Chalcophora virginiensis (Drury, 1770)

Size

male 18-30 mm(1)

Range

e NA (NB-FL to SK-TX); Japan, Europe (Mesoamerican records in error)(1)

Food

hosts: Pinus spp., Taxodium distichum(2)

Life Cycle

Female lays eggs on scars in bark of living pines, sometimes on downed logs. Larvae feed under bark for several years and may reduce much of tree to sawdust. Life cycle is two or more years.(3)

Works Cited

1.	Reevaluation of Chalcophora angulicollis (LeConte) and Chalcophora virginiensis (Drury) with a review and key... Maier C.A., Ivie M.A. 2013. Col. Bull. 67: 457‒469.

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.

3.	Insects of Eastern Forests Arnold T. Drooz, (editors). 1985. USDA Forest Service Misc. Publication 1426.

Contributed by Cotinis on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Joshua P. Basham, Mike Quinn, v belov, mfdigiro
Last updated 8 October, 2021 - 12:29pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version