Coleoptera: Buprestidae - Emerald Ash Borer
Coleoptera: Buprestidae - Emerald Ash Borer
Coleoptera: Buprestidae - Emerald Ash Borer
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Agrilus vittaticollis (Randall)• Length: 8.0-9.7 mm, slightly smaller then EAB.• Distinctively colored, head and pronotumpurplish-red, with brassy tinge and two darklongitudinal stripes, elytra black. Head,pronotum and sides of abdomen with denserecumbent, golden-yellow setae.• Abdominal dorsum black in color (RED in EAB).• Pygidium with carina and projecting terminalspine (similar to EAB).• Hosts: serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis),hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), apple, pear, wildcherry (Pyrus spp. and Malus spp.), and chokecherry(Prunus virginiana).vittaticollisEABdistinctivecoloration ofvittaticollisseparates itfrom mostother Agrilus