Wood-Boring Beetles
Feeding on Elms
(Ulmus spp.)

Wood-Boring Beetle Species  
Scientific Name &
Common Name (if any)
Insect Family
Acmaeodera tubulus Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Anthaxia viridifrons Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Chrysobothris sexsignata Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Achryson surinamus Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Anelaphus pumilus Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Dryobius sexnotatus
(Six-Banded Longhorn Beetle)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Eupogonius subarmatus Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Goes pulcher
(Living Hickory Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Leptura emarginata Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Physocnemum brevilineum
(Elm Bark Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Saperda tridentata
(Elm Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Strangalepta pubera Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Hylurgopinus rufipes
(Native Elm Bark Beetle)
Scolytidae
(Bark Beetles)
Scolytus multistriatus*
(Small European Elm Bark Beetle)
Scolytidae
(Bark Beetles)

*Primary vector of Dutch Elm disease.

Note: All beetle species in this table are restricted
to the Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, & Scolytidae.

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