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

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

*belongs to the Buprestidae (Flat-Headed Metallic Beetles)
**belongs to Anobiidae (Death-Watch Beetles)
***belongs to Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)

Note: Unless otherwise indicated, beetle species belong to
the Cerambycidae (Long-Horned Beetles).

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