Xyleborus ferrugineus

Xyleborus • Scolytidae • Curculionoidea • Coleoptera • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

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Xyleborus ferrugineus head (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): J.R. Baker & S.B. Bambara, North Carolina State University
Source: IPM Images

Xyleborus ferrugineus (Fabricius, 1801) - (black twig borer)

The ambrosia beetle attacks the trunks of various trees, e.g. cacao, rubber, mango and coconut.

Vernacular names
• English:	black twig borer
• Español:	pasador de las ramas del cacao
• Português:	besouro-ambrósia

• Other images of Xyleborus ferrugineus (IPM Images and PaDIL - click to enlarge)
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  antenna

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  pronotum

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  female, posterior end (SEM)