Larvae of Wood-Boring Beetles
Boring through Wood
of Willows (Salix spp.)

Wood-Boring Beetle Species
Scientific Name &
Common Name (if any)
Insect Family
Agrilus obsoletoguttatus*Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Agrilus politus
(Common Willow Agrilus)
Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Agrilus quadriguttatusBuprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Chrysobothris femorata
(Flat-Headed Apple Tree Borer)
Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Descarpentriesina cyanipes
(Eastern Poplar Buprestid)
Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Descarpentriesina thureuraBuprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Gracilia minuta**Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Knulliana cincta cincta**Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Oberea caseyiCerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Oberea schaumi
(Cottonwood Twig Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Parandra brunnea
(Aberrant Wood Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Plectrodera scalator §
(Cottonwood Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Pogonocherus parvulusCerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Saperda calcarata
(Poplar Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Saperda inornata §§
(Poplar Gall Saperda)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Saperda mutica*Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Saperda populnea moesta §§
(Eastern Gall Saperda)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Xylotrechus annosus annosus*Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Cryptorhynchus lapathi §
(Poplar & Willow Borer)
Curculionidae
(Weevils)

*larvae bore through wood of dead or dying trees & shrubs
**larvae bore through dead branches
§ larvae bore into lower trunks
§§ larvae form small galls on branches of living trees & shrubs

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