Hackberry-associate

Guides

• Agrilus lecontei

  Leconte's Brownsville buprestid, Common Hackberry Agrilus

  Agrilus lecontei is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae, commonly known as Leconte's Brownsville buprestid or Common Hackberry Agrilus. The species occurs in North America and has two recognized subspecies: A. lecontei lecontei (the nominate subspecies) and A. lecontei celticola. The subspecies celticola has been associated with hackberry (Celtis spp.) in Texas and adjacent regions, though the validity of this subspecific distinction has been questioned by some researchers who note a broad transition zone across Louisiana and Mississippi.

  wood-borerhackberry-associatesubspecies-controversyNorth-American-endemic

• Neoclytus mucronatus mucronatus

  Neoclytus mucronatus mucronatus is a subspecies of longhorn beetle in the family Cerambycidae. Males produce an aggregation pheromone, (R)-3-hydroxyhexan-2-one, that attracts both sexes. The species has been documented in fermenting bait traps in Missouri, with adults active in mid-summer. Larvae develop in woody tissues of dead or dying trees, particularly hackberry.

  Cerambycidaelonghorn-beetleaggregation-pheromonewood-borerfermenting-baitClytiniMissouri-faunaNeoclytus3-hydroxyhexan-2-onehackberry-associate