Xyleborus glabratus

TaxID: 889492

Basic Information

Xyleborus glabratus

Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, Redbay ambrosia beetle

Xyleborus glabratus, the redbay ambrosia beetle, is a type of ambrosia beetle invasive in the United States. It has been documented as the primary vector of Raffaelea lauricola, the fungus that causes laurel wilt, a disease that can kill several North American tree species in the family Lauraceae, including redbay, sassafras, and avocado.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Curculionidae

Xyleborus

glabratus

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Kit Law@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Body dark colored; elytral disc and declivity glabrous, with small granules in all interstriae decreasing in size toward apex.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (20 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (5 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
United Kingdom Quarantine pest 2020
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Peru Absent —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (10 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Bangladesh Present —
China Present
India Present —
Japan Present
Republic of Korea Present —
Myanmar Present —
Thailand Present —
Taiwan, China Present —
United States of America Present
Viet Nam Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_049176235.1 Scaffold 239 27 47 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR8048150 whole organism - - - USA: Florida, Homestead.
SRR8048149 whole organism - - 22972535 USA: Florida, Homestead.
SRR8048148 whole organism - - 24597229 USA: Florida, Homestead.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature