Previously unrecorded damage to oak, Quercus spp., in southern California by the goldspotted oak borer, Agrilus coxalis Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 288-300

  Coleman, Tom W ^a   Seybold, Steven J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrilus coxalis; California; Flatheaded borer; Introduced species; Oak mortality; Quercus agrifolia; Quercus chrysolepis; Quercus kelloggii; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

AGRILUS; BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA; QUERCUS CHRYSOLEPIS; QUERCUS KELLOGGII;

EID: 65949111839     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3956/2008-18.1     Document Type: Article

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