Illustrated guide to the emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire and related species (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Sofia, Bulgaria
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9789546427786
Copyright date: This work is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License (CC BY-NC), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
First sentence: The purpose of this guide is to aid in the identification of the invasive buprestid
Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, commonly known as the emerald ash borer (EAB), and
related species to help mitigate future incursions of wood boring beetles into North
America. EAB is one of the most destructive insect pest species in North America,
killing an estimated tens of millions of healthy Fraxinus (ash) trees at a cost of billions
of dollars since its unintentional introduction (Kovacs et al 2010). Since its discovery
in 2002 in Michigan, USA and Ontario, Canada (Haack et al. 2002), EAB has spread to
23 US states and 2 Canadian provinces as of May 2014 (www.emeraldashborer.info).
Notes: URL: https://books.pensoft.net/books/12935