Coleoptera: Buprestidae - Emerald Ash Borer
Coleoptera: Buprestidae - Emerald Ash Borer
Coleoptera: Buprestidae - Emerald Ash Borer
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Anthaxia quercata (Fabricius)• Length: 3.8-5.3 mm, much smaller than EAB.• Color bright green or bluish, with a bronzespot centrally on the pronotum and bronzestripes laterally on the margin of each elytron.• Body broader and flatter than EAB. Pronotumnot produced backward as lobe (LOBED in EAB)• Hosts: redbud (Cerceris spp.), hawthorn (Crataegus spp.),hickory (Carya spp.), plum (Prunus spp.) oak (Quercus spp.),grape (Vitis spp.), tamarack (Larix laricina) , and pine(Pinus spp.). Probably many other hardwoods andconifers.quercataEABAnthaxiapronotum NOTlobed behindEABpronotumlobed behind