Agrilus planipennis

TaxID: 224129

Basic Information

Agrilus planipennis

Emerald Ash Borer, emerald ash borer

The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), also known by the abbreviation EAB, is a green buprestid or jewel beetle native to north-eastern Asia that feeds on ash species (Fraxinus spp.). Females lay eggs in bark crevices on ash trees, and larvae feed underneath the bark of ash trees to emerge as adults in one to two years. In its native range, it is typically found at low densities and does not cause significant damage to trees native to the area. Outside its native range, it is an invasive species and is highly destructive to ash trees native to Europe and North America. Before it was found in North America, very little was known about the emerald ash borer in its native range; this has resulted in much of the research on its biology being focused in North America. Local governments in North America are attempting to control it by monitoring its spread, diversifying tree species, and through the use of insecticides and biological control.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Buprestidae

Agrilus

planipennis

unclassified

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (19 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (51 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Armenia Absent —
Austria Quarantine pests 2019
Azerbaijan A1 list 2024
Belgium Unknow 2019
Bulgaria Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2019
Belarus Present —
Canada Quarantine pests 2019
Switzerland A1 list 2019
Chile A1 list 2019
China Quarantine pest 2021
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Distribution (23 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

10
Present
12
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Belgium Absent —
Belarus Present —
Canada Present
Switzerland Absent —
China Present
China Absent
Estonia Absent, —
Japan Present
Republic of Korea Present —
Lao People's Democratic Republic Absent —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_000699045.2 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_000699045.2 Scaffold 353 28 1113 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR1791267 whole organism adult female 37461877 -
SRR1791269 whole organism adult male 50082921 -
SRR1791270 whole organism larval - 37596070 -

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature