Bronze_birch_borer

<i>Agrilus anxius</i>

Agrilus anxius

Species of beetle

Agrilus anxius, the bronze birch borer, 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]

Quick Facts Bronze birch borer, Scientific classification ...

It is closely related to the emerald ash borer.

References

  1. [1]
    "Agrilus anxius (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)". EPPO. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  2. [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 (3): 648–653. doi:10.1603/EN10227. PMID 22251643.

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