Larvae of
Wood-Boring Beetles
Feeding on Oaks
(Quercus spp.)

Wood-Boring Beetle Species
Scientific Name &
Common Name (if any)
Comments (if any)
Amniscus collaris*
Aneflomorpha subpubescens*
(Oak Stem Borer)
mines live saplings, sometimes branches of older trees
Anelaphus parallelum*
(Oak Twig Pruner)
mines live twigs
Anelaphus pumilum*
Batyle suturale suturale*mines small dead twigs
Brachyleptura rubrica*
Calloides nobilis nobilis*mines bases & stumps of dead & dying trees
Cyrtinus pygmaeus*mines dry branches & twigs
Cyrtophorus verrucosum*mines dead trees
Derancistrus taslei*
Ecyrus dasycerus dasycerus*
Enaphalodes atomarius*mines dead trees & stumps
Enaphalodes cortiphagus*in thick bark
Enaphalodes hispicorne*
Enaphalodes rufulum*
(Red Oak Borer)
mines live trees
Encyclops caerulea*
(Oak Bark Scaler)
in outer bark of living trees
Goes debilis*
(Oak Branch Pruner)
mines heartwood of living trees
Goes pulcher*mines heartwood of living trees
Goes pulverulentus*
(Living Beech Borer)
mines heartwood of living trees
Goes tessalatus*
(Oak Sapling Borer)
mines heartwood of living trees
Goes tigrinus*
(White Oak Borer)
mines heartwood of living trees
Gracilia minuta*mines dead branches
Grammoptera subargentata*
Hebestola nebulosa*
Knulliana cinctus cinctus*
(Banded Hickory Borer)
mines dry dead branches
Leptorhabdium pictus*
Microclytus gazellula*in outer bark of live trees
Necydalis mellitus*mines dead heartwood
Neoclytus caprea*
(Banded Ash Borer)
mines sapwood
Neoclytus horridus*
Neoclytus scutellare*mines sapwood
Oberea gracilis*
(Oak-Sprout Oberea)
girdles saplings
Obrium maculata*
Obrium rufulum*mines dry dead branches
Parelaphidion aspersum*in outer bark
Phymatodes aereum*
(Tanbark Borer)
in & under bark
Phymatodes varium*under bark
Prionus imbricornis*mines living roots
Psyrassa unicolor*
(The Branch Pruner)
girdles twigs
Purpuricenus axillaris*
(White Oak Branch Girdler)
girdles branches
Sarosethes fulminans*mines sapwood & under bark
Smodicum cucujiforme*mines dry heartwood
Sternidius misellus*
Strangalia bicolor*
Strangalia solitaria*
Strophiona nitens*
(Chestnut Bark Borer)
mines both dead and living trees
Tessaropa tenuipes*mines small dead branches
Tilloclytus geminatus*mines dead branches
Tragidion coquus*mines dead branches
Typocerus velutina velutina*
Urgleptes faceta*mines branches
Xestoleptura octonotata*
Agrilus bilineata
(Two-Lined Chestnut Borer)
Agrilus crinicornis**
Agrilus quadriimpressus**
Brachys aerosus**mines leaves
Brachys aeruginosus**mines leaves
Brachys ovatus**mines leaves
Brachys tesselata**mines leaves
Chrysobothris femorata**
(Flat-Headed Appletree Borer)
mines live or dead trees
Chrysobothris misella**mines dead trees
Chrysobothris viridiceps**mines dead trees
Arrhenodes minuta***
(Oak Timberworm)
Eucrada humeralisunderneath bark

*Cerambycidae (Long-Horned Beetles),
**Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
***Brentidae (Primitive Weevils),
¶ Anobiidae (Death-Watch Beetles)

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