Coleoptera: Buprestidae - Emerald Ash Borer
Coleoptera: Buprestidae - Emerald Ash Borer
Coleoptera: Buprestidae - Emerald Ash Borer
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Cypriacis aurulenta (Linnaeus)• Length: 13-22 mm, much larger than EAB.• Color bright green with brassy and bluishreflections; head, lateral margins of pronotum,sutural and lateral margins of elytra coppery-red.• Body broader and flatter than EAB. Pronotumnot produced backward as lobe (LOBED in EAB).• Disc of each elytron with 5 strongly elevated,smooth costae (NO costae in EAB).• Hosts: fir (Abies spp.), pine (Pinus spp.), Douglas-fir(Pseudotsuga menziesii) and western redcedar (Thujaplicata).aurulentaEABaurulentaelytra withdistinct costae,sutural andlateral marginscoppery-red