Appendix- Common and Scientific Names

Solomon, J. D.; Payne, J. A. A guide to the insect borers, pruners, and girdlers of pecan and hickory. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-64. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Southern Forest Experiment Station; 1986. 31 p.

Class: Insecta

Lepidoptera

  • Cossidae
    1. Pecan carpenterworm, Cossula magnifica (Strecker)
  • Sesiidae
    1. Dogwood borer, Synanthedon scitula (Harris)
  • Pyralidae
    1. American plum borer, Euzophera semifuneralis (Walker)
      Acrobasis shoot borers, Acrobasis spp.

Coleoptera

  • Curculionidae
    1. Hickory shoot curculio, Conotrachelus aratus (Germar)
  • Cerambycidae
    1. Hickory borer, Goes pulcher (Haldeman)
      Broadnecked root borer, Prionus laticollis (L.)
      Tilehorned prionus, Prionus imbricornis (Dury)
      Twig girdle, Oncideres cingulata (Say)
      Twig pruner, Elaphidionoides villosus (F.)
      Oak twig pruner, Elaphidionoides parallelus Newman
      Branch pruner, Psyrassa unicolor (Randall)
  • Buprestidae
    1. Hickory spiral borer, Agrilus arcuatus
      Flatheaded appletree borer, Chrysobothris femorata (Oliver)
  • Platypodidae
    1. Pin-hole borer, Platypus compositus (Say)
  • Scolytidae
    1. Pin-hole borers, Xyleborus spp.
      Hickory bark beetle, Scolytus quadrispinosus Say
  • Bostrichidae
    1. Red-shouldered shothole borer, Xylobiops basilaris (Say)
      Apple twig borer, Amphiceris bicaudatus (Say)

Class: Aves

Piciformis

  • Picidae
    1. Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius L.

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