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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Scolytinae) » Xyleborini » Xyleborus » Redbay Ambrosia Beetle (Xyleborus glabratus)

Species Xyleborus glabratus - Redbay Ambrosia Beetle

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Xyleborus glabratus Xyleborus glabratus Redbay ambrosia beetle - Xyleborus glabratus - female Redbay ambrosia beetle - Xyleborus glabratus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Scolytinae (Bark and Ambrosia Beetles)
Tribe Xyleborini
Genus Xyleborus
Species glabratus (Redbay Ambrosia Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff 1877

Size

Females 2 mm. Males smaller

Identification

Males are flightless

Range

native to SE Asia, adventive in our area (NC-FL-TX, AR)(1)

Food

Unlike other ambrosia beetles it feeds on live, healthy trees. Hosts in the native range: Dipterocarpaceae, Fagaceae, Fabaceae, Lauraceae

Life Cycle

causes laurel wilt

Remarks

earliest record in our area: GA 2002(2)

Internet References

Species page(1)
Fact sheet (Mann et al. 2014)(3)
Fact sheet(4)

Works Cited

1.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
2.Exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the United States: potential and current invaders
Haack R.A., Rabaglia R.J. 2013. In: Potential invasive pests of agricultural crops. Peña J.E., ed. CABI International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 48‒74.
3.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
4.Invasive insect database at texasinvasives.org
Contributed by v belov on 13 February, 2014 - 5:46pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Edward Ruden
Last updated 18 September, 2021 - 11:34am

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