Biology:Bronze birch borer

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Short description: Species of beetle

Bronze birch borer
Agrilus anxius.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Agrilus
Species:
A. anxius
Binomial name
Agrilus anxius
Gory, 1841

The bronze birch borer Agrilus anxius is a wood-boring Buprestid beetle native to North America, more numerous in warmer parts of the continent and rare in the north.[1] It is a serious pest on birch trees (Betula), frequently killing them. The river birch Betula nigra is the most resistant species, other American birches less so, while the European and Asian birches have no resistance to it at all and are effectively impossible to grow in the eastern United States as a result.[2]

It is closely related to the emerald ash borer.

References

  1. "Agrilus anxius (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)". EPPO. https://www.eppo.int/QUARANTINE/Alert_List/insects/agrilus_anxius.htm. 
  2. Neilsen, DG; Muilenburg, VL; Herms, DA (2011). "Interspecific variation in resistance of Asian, European, and North American birches (Betula spp.) to bronze birch borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).". Environmental Entomology 40: 648–653. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1392910 entry