An Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
Xyleborus affinis is one of the most widespread and common ambrosia beetles in the world. It is also very common in Florida. Like other ambrosia beetles, it bores tunnels into the xylem of weakened, cut or injured trees and farms gardens of symbiotic fungus for food. Females lay eggs in the fungus-...
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Xyleborus affinis is one of the most widespread and common ambrosia beetles in the world. It is also very common in Florida. Like other ambrosia beetles, it bores tunnels into the xylem of weakened, cut or injured trees and farms gardens of symbiotic fungus for food. Females lay eggs in the fungus-lined galleries and larvae feed exclusively on the fungi. Recent studies have shown that Xyleborus affinis can vector the fungus responsible for laurel wilt disease, which is lethal to numerous species of trees in the Lauraceae family. This 5-page fact sheet was written by Lanette Sobel, Andrea Lucky, and Jiri Hulcr, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, June 2015. (Photo credit: Juri Hulcr, UF/IFAS)
EENY 627/IN1094: An Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff (1868) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) (ufl.edu)
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| spelling | doaj-art-153e2f3fceb4421299caa44a6c7662d52025-02-08T05:58:54ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092015-08-0120155An Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)Lanette Sobel0Andrea Lucky1Jiri Hulcr2University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida Xyleborus affinis is one of the most widespread and common ambrosia beetles in the world. It is also very common in Florida. Like other ambrosia beetles, it bores tunnels into the xylem of weakened, cut or injured trees and farms gardens of symbiotic fungus for food. Females lay eggs in the fungus-lined galleries and larvae feed exclusively on the fungi. Recent studies have shown that Xyleborus affinis can vector the fungus responsible for laurel wilt disease, which is lethal to numerous species of trees in the Lauraceae family. This 5-page fact sheet was written by Lanette Sobel, Andrea Lucky, and Jiri Hulcr, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, June 2015. (Photo credit: Juri Hulcr, UF/IFAS) EENY 627/IN1094: An Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff (1868) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) (ufl.edu) https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/132186IN1094 |
| spellingShingle | Lanette Sobel Andrea Lucky Jiri Hulcr An Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) EDIS IN1094 |
| title | An Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) |
| title_full | An Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) |
| title_fullStr | An Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) |
| title_short | An Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) |
| title_sort | ambrosia beetle xyleborus affinis eichhoff 1868 insecta coleoptera curculionidae scolytinae |
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