Larvae of
Wood-Boring Beetles
Feeding on the Wood
of Oaks (Quercus spp.)
| Beetle Species | |
| Scientific Name & Common Name (if any) |
Comments (if any) |
| Agrilus
bilineata* (Two-Lined Chestnut Borer) |
|
| Agrilus crinicornis* | |
| Agrilus quadriimpressus* | |
| Amniscus collaris | |
| Aneflomorpha
subpubescens (Oak Stem Borer) |
larvae bore through branches of saplings, sometimes branches of larger trees |
| Anelaphus
parallelum (Oak Twig Borer) |
larvae bore through live twigs |
| Anelaphus pumilum | |
| Arrhenodes
minutus*** (Oak Timberworm) |
larvae bore through wood of living trees |
| Batyle suturale suturale | larvae bore through small dead twigs |
| Brachyleptura rubrica | |
| Calloides nobilis nobilis | larvae bore through bases & stumps of dead & dying trees |
| Chrysobothris
femorata* (Flat-Headed Apple Tree Borer) |
larvae bore through wood of live trees |
| Cyrtinus pygmaeus | larvae bore through dry branches |
| Cyrtophorus verruscosum | larvae bore through wood of dead trees |
| Derancistrus taslei | |
| Ecyrus dasycerus dasycerus | |
| Enaphalodes atomarius | larvae bore through wood of dead trees & stumps |
| Enaphalodes cortiphagus | larvae bore through thick bark |
| Enaphalodes hispicorne | |
| Enaphalodes
rufulum (Red Oak Borer) |
larvae bore through wood of live trees |
| Encyclops
caerulea (Oak Bark Scaler) |
larvae bore through outer bark of living trees |
| Eucrada humeralis** | |
| Goes
debilis (Oak Branch Borer) |
larvae bore through heartwood of living trees |
| Goes pulcher | larvae bore through heartwood of living trees |
| Goes
pulverulentus (Living Beech Borer) |
larvae bore through heartwood of living trees |
| Goes
tesselatus (Oak Sapling Borer) |
larvae bore through heartwood of living trees |
| Goes
tigrinus (White Oak Borer) |
larvae bore through heartwood of living trees |
| Gracilia minuta | larvae bore through dead branches |
| Grammoptera subargentata | |
| Hebestola nebulosa | |
| Knulliana
cinctus cinctus (Banded Hickory Borer) |
larvae bore through dead dry branches |
| Leptorhabdium pictus | |
| Microclytus gazellula | larvae bore through outer bark of live trees |
| Necydalis mellitus | larvae bore through dead heartwood |
| Neoclytus
caprea (Banded Ash Borer) |
larvae mine sapwood |
| Neoclytus horridus | |
| Neoclytus scutellare | larvae mine sapwood |
| Oberea
gracilis (Oak-Sprout Oberea) |
girdles saplings |
| Obrium maculata | |
| Obrium rufulum | larvae bore through dry dead branches |
| Parelaphidion aspersum | larvae bore through outer bark |
| Phymatodes aereum | larvae bore under bark of dead trees |
| Phymatodes ater | |
| Phymatodes
testaceus (Tanbark Borer) |
larvae bore in & under bark |
| Phymatodes varium | larvae bore under bark |
| Physocnemum violaceipenne | larvae bore through dead branches |
| Prionus imbricornis | larvae bore through living roots |
| Psyrassa
unicolor (The Branch Pruner) |
girdles twigs |
| Purpuricenus
axillaris (White Oak Branch Girdler) |
girdles branches |
| Sarosethes fulminans | larvae bore sapwood & under bark |
| Smodicum cucujiforme | larvae bore dry heartwood |
| Sternidius misellus | |
| Strangalia bicolor | |
| Strangalia solitaria | |
| Strophiona
nitens (Chestnut Bark Borer) |
larvae bore through bark of dead or living trees |
| Tessaropa tenuipes | larvae bore through small dead branches |
| Tilloclytus geminatus | larvae bore through dead branches |
| Tragidion coquus | larvae bore through dead branches |
| Typocerus velutina velutina | |
| Urgleptes faceta | larvae bore through branches |
| Xestoleptura octonotata | |
*belongs
to the Buprestidae (Flat-Headed Metallic Beetles)
**belongs to Anobiidae (Death-Watch Beetles)
***belongs to Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)
Note: Unless otherwise indicated, beetle species belong to
the Cerambycidae (Long-Horned Beetles).