Coleoptera: Buprestidae - Emerald Ash Borer

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Cypriacis striata (Fabricius)• Length: 13-22 mm, much larger than EAB.• Color bright green with coppery reflections,elytra bluish on discs; head, lateral margins ofpronotum, sutural and lateral margins of elytrabrilliant coppery (very similar to western C. aurulenta).• Body broader and flatter than EAB. Pronotumnot produced backward as lobe (LOBED in EAB).• Disc of each elytron with 5 weakly elevated.punctate costae (NO costae in EAB).• Hosts: pine (Pinus spp.), eastern hemlock (Tsugacanadensis), spruce (Picea spp.), and larch (Larix spp.).striataEABstriataelytra withweak costae,sutural andlateral marginscoppery-red,disc bluish
Some other Families of beetlesMany members of other families of beetles are also colored bright green.Green-colored species can be found in Carabidae, Cerambycidae,Chrysomelidae, Scarabaeidae, and others. These can usually be easilydistinguished from EAB and other Buprestidae by size, shape and othercharacteristics. Most “click beetles” (Family: Elateridae) have the samegeneral shape as Buprestidae, however, most are also dull colored. Asingle widely-distributed, metallic-colored species is included in this guide.“Bark-gnawing beetles” (Family: Trogossitidae) include many species thatdo not resemble Buprestidae. However, the common genus Temnoscheila,includes 5 species that are metallic green or blue, similarly shaped to EAB,and are commonly found under bark of decaying logs. The most commoneastern species of this genus has also been included in this guide. Whilethe difference between most of these other green beetles and EAB mayseem obvious to diagnosticians and taxonomists, to many others “a bug isa bug” and to them, all these insects may look remarkably similar. This reenforcesthe need to have all suspected sightings and reports confirmedby experts in identification.
Page 2 and 3: IntroductionThe adult stage of the
Page 4 and 5: The main purpose of this guide is t
Page 6 and 7: The initial pages of this guide des
Page 8 and 9: Family: Buprestidae “metallic woo
Page 10 and 11: Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire“eme
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Page 14 and 15: emerald ash borer (continued)Almost
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Page 18 and 19: Other species of AgrilusFollowing a
Page 20 and 21: Agrilus species similar in size to
Page 22 and 23: Agrilus anxius Gory“bronze birch
Page 24 and 25: Agrilus bilineatus (Weber)“two-li
Page 26 and 27: Agrilus liragus Barter & Brown“br
Page 28 and 29: Agrilus nigricans Gory• Length: 7
Page 30 and 31: Agrilus species much smaller than E
Page 32 and 33: Agrilus crataegi Frost• Length: 6
Page 34 and 35: Agrilus cyanescens (Ratzeburg)• L
Page 36 and 37: Agrilus masculinus Horn• Length:
Page 38 and 39: Agrilus politus (Say)• Length: 4.
Page 40 and 41: Agrilus sapindi Knull• Length: 8.
Page 42 and 43: Some additional species compared to
Page 44 and 45: Anthaxia deleta LeConte• Length:
Page 46 and 47: Chrysophana placida (LeConte)• Le
Page 48 and 49: Buprestis salisburyensis Herbst•
Page 50 and 51: Cypriacis fasciatus (Fabricius)•
Page 54 and 55: Family: Elateridae “click beetles
Page 56: References• Bright, D. 1987. The

Coleoptera: Buprestidae - Emerald Ash Borer

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