Agrilus anxius

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

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]

It is closely related to the emerald ash borer.

References[]

^ "Agrilus anxius (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)". EPPO. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
^ 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[]

US Forest Service factsheet

Data related to Agrilus anxius at Wikispecies

[1] "Agrilus anxius (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)". EPPO. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[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.

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