Forest Pests of North America
Native and Non-native insects, diseases, and weeds of urban, managed, and natural forests

Insects - Wood Boring

96 records

Subject Scientific Name Order Family
poplar carpenterworm Acossus centerensis (Lintner) Lepidoptera Cossidae
aspen carpenterworm Acossus populi (Walker) Lepidoptera Cossidae
walnut shoot moth Acrobasis demotella Grote Lepidoptera Pyralidae
tupelo borer Aegomorphus morrisii (Uhler, 1855) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
spotworm borer Agrilus acutipennis Mannerheim, 1837 Coleoptera Buprestidae
bronze birch borer Agrilus anxius Gory, 1841 Coleoptera Buprestidae
twolined chestnut borer Agrilus bilineatus (Weber, 1801) Coleoptera Buprestidae
hawthorn agrilus Agrilus crataegi Frost, 1912 Coleoptera Buprestidae
persimmon agrilus Agrilus fuscipennis Gory, 1841 Coleoptera Buprestidae
granulate poplar borer Agrilus granulatus granulatus (Say, 1823) Coleoptera Buprestidae
bronze poplar borer Agrilus liragus Barter & Brown, 1950 Coleoptera Buprestidae
hickory agrilus Agrilus otiosus Say, 1836 Coleoptera Buprestidae
emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, 1888 Coleoptera Buprestidae
rednecked cane borer Agrilus ruficollis (Fabricius, 1787) Coleoptera Buprestidae
oak stem borer Aneflomorpha subpubescens (LeConte, 1862) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
Asian longhorned beetle Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky, 1853) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
oak timberworm Arrenodes minutus (Drury, 1770) Coleoptera Brentidae
golden buprestid Buprestis aurulenta Linnaeus, 1767 Coleoptera Buprestidae
carpenter ants Camponotus spp. Mayr, 1861 Hymenoptera Formicidae
gouty pitch midge Cecidomyia piniinopis Osten Sacken, 1862 Diptera Cecidomyiidae
flatheaded appletree borer Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790) Coleoptera Buprestidae
Pacific flatheaded borer Chrysobothris mali Horn, 1886 Coleoptera Buprestidae
cranberry girdler Chrysoteuchia topiaria (Zeller) Lepidoptera Crambidae
Columbian timber beetle Corthylus columbianus Hopkins, 1894 Coleoptera Curculionidae
pitted ambrosia beetle Corthylus punctatissimus (Zimmermann, 1868) Coleoptera Curculionidae
pecan carpenterworm Cossula magnifica (Strecker) Lepidoptera Cossidae
poplar-and-willow borer Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Linnaeus, 1758) Coleoptera Curculionidae
lesser cornstalk borer Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) Lepidoptera Pyralidae
red oak borer Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman, 1847) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
cone borers Eucosma spp. Hubner 1823 Lepidoptera Tortricidae
ambrosia beetle Euplatypus compositus (Say, 1824) Coleoptera Curculionidae
tuliptree borer Euzophera ostricolorella Hulst Lepidoptera Pyralidae
American plum borer Euzophera semifuneralis (Walker) Lepidoptera Pyralidae
sugar maple borer Glycobius speciosus (Say, 1824) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
living-hickory borer Goes pulcher (Haldeman, 1847) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
long-horned beetles Goes spp. LeConte 1852 Coleoptera Cerambycidae
white oak borer Goes tigrinus (DeGeer, 1775) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
indigobush twig borer Hystricophora taleana (Grote) Lepidoptera Tortricidae
defoliating weevil Magdalis gentilis LeConte, 1876 Coleoptera Curculionidae
locust borer Megacyllene robiniae (Forster, 1771) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
chestnut timberworm Melittomma sericeum (Harris, 1841) Coleoptera Lymexylidae
whitespotted sawyer Monochamus scutellatus (Say, 1824) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
southern pine sawyer Monochamus titillator (Fabricius, 1775) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
redheaded ash borer Neoclytus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1775) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
banded ash borer Neoclytus caprea (Say, 1824) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
western ash borer Neoclytus conjunctus (LeConte, 1857) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
poplar twig borer Oberea delongi Knull, 1928 Coleoptera Cerambycidae
leafy spurge stem boring beetle Oberea erythrocephala bicolor Reiche, 1877 Coleoptera Cerambycidae
sumac stem borer Oberea ocellata Haldeman, 1847 Coleoptera Cerambycidae
raspberry cane borer Oberea perspicillata Haldeman, 1847 Coleoptera Cerambycidae
sassafras borer Oberea ruficollis (Fabricius, 1793) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
poplar branch borer Oberea schaumii LeConte, 1852 Coleoptera Cerambycidae
dogwood twig borer Oberea tripunctata (Swederus, 1787) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
baccharis borer Oidaematophorus balanotes (Meyrick) Lepidoptera Pterophoridae
goldenrod borer Oidaematophorus kellicottii (Fish) Lepidoptera Pterophoridae
European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner) Lepidoptera Crambidae
burdock borer Papaipema cataphracta (Grote) Lepidoptera Noctuidae
stalk borer Papaipema nebris (Guenee) Lepidoptera Noctuidae
cottonwood clearwing borer Paranthrene dollii (Neumoegen) Lepidoptera Sesiidae
western poplar clearwing Paranthrene robiniae (Henry Edwards) Lepidoptera Sesiidae
California flatheaded borer Phaenops californica (Van Dyke, 1918) Coleoptera Buprestidae
flatheaded fir borer Phaenops drummondi (Kirby, 1837) Coleoptera Buprestidae
eucalyptus longhorned borer Phoracantha semipunctata (Fabricius, 1775) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
birch cambium miner Phytobia betulivora Spencer, 1969 Diptera Agromyzidae
cambium miners Phytobia spp. Lioy 1864 Diptera Agromyzidae
Monterey pine weevil Pissodes radiatae Hopkins, 1911 Coleoptera Curculionidae
balsam bark beetle Pissodes striatulus (Fabricius, 1775) Coleoptera Curculionidae
pinhole borer Platypus spp. Herbst 1793 Coleoptera Curculionidae
cottonwood borer Plectrodera scalator (Fabricius, 1792) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
balsam shootboring sawfly Pleroneura brunneicornis Rohwer Hymenoptera Xyelidae
pine gall weevil Podapion gallicola Riley, 1883 Coleoptera Brentidae
ash borer Podosesia syringae (Harris) Lepidoptera Sesiidae
eastern poplar buprestid Poecilonota cyanipes (Say, 1823) Coleoptera Buprestidae
little carpenterworm Prionoxystus macmurtrei (Guerin-Meneville) Lepidoptera Cossidae
carpenterworm Prionoxystus robiniae (Peck) Lepidoptera Cossidae
maple twig borer Proteoteras aesculana Riley Lepidoptera Tortricidae
boxelder twig borer Proteoteras willingana (Kearfott) Lepidoptera Tortricidae
western subterranean termite Reticulitermes hesperus Banks Isoptera Rhinotermitidae
persimmon borer Sannina uroceriformis Walker Lepidoptera Sesiidae
poplar borer Saperda calcarata Say, 1824 Coleoptera Cerambycidae
roundheaded apple tree borer Saperda candida Fabricius, 1787 Coleoptera Cerambycidae
long-horned beetles Saperda spp. Fabricius 1775 Coleoptera Cerambycidae
maple callus borer Synanthedon acerni (Clemens) Lepidoptera Sesiidae
large redbelted clearwing Synanthedon culiciformis (Linnaeus) Lepidoptera Sesiidae
peachtree borer Synanthedon exitiosa (Say) Lepidoptera Sesiidae
lesser peachtree borer Synanthedon pictipes (Grote & Robinson) Lepidoptera Sesiidae
dogwood borer Synanthedon scitula (Harris) Lepidoptera Sesiidae
western cedar borer Trachykele blondeli Marseul, 1865 Coleoptera Buprestidae
pigeon tremex Tremex columba (Linnaeus) Hymenoptera Siricidae
ponderous borer Trichocnemis spiculatus LeConte, 1851 Coleoptera Cerambycidae
ambrosia beetle Xyleborus celsus Eichhoff, 1868 Coleoptera Curculionidae
redshouldered bostrichid beetle Xylobiops basilaris (Say, 1823) Coleoptera Bostrichidae
black twig borer Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff, 1875) Coleoptera Curculionidae
granulate ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky, 1866) Coleoptera Curculionidae
leopard moth Zeuzera pyrina (Linnæus, 1761) Lepidoptera Cossidae
Pacific dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis (Hagen) Isoptera Termopsidae