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Enaphalodes
Enaphalodes is a genus of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) in the tribe Elaphidiini, established by Haldeman in 1847. The genus contains approximately ten described species distributed across North America, with several species being significant wood-boring pests of oak trees. The most extensively studied species, E. rufulus (red oak borer), has been implicated in major oak mortality events in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains during outbreak conditions. Species in this genus are characterized by their association with hardwood hosts, particularly oaks (Quercus spp.), and their larvae create extensive galleries in the phloem and wood of host trees.