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Species Agrilus juglandis - Butternut Agrilus

Agrilus juglandis Agrilus juglandis
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 juglandis (Butternut Agrilus)
Explanation of Names
Agrilus juglandis Knull 1920
Size
~5.5 mm(1)
Range
e. US (NY-VA to MI-IL) + QC(1)
Food
host: butternut(1)
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.