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An Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff (1868) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Lanette Sobel, Andrea Lucky, and Jiri Hulcr


Release Date: 3/6/2018

Reviewed At: 1/15/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in1094-2015

Agriculture

Abstract

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids, and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

About this Publication

This document is EENY 627, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date June 2015. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. This document is also available on the Featured Creatures website at http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures.

About the Authors

Lanette Sobel, graduate student Doctor of Plant Medicine Program; Andrea Lucky, Department of Entomology and Nematology; and Jiri Hulcr, assistant professor, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Sobel, L., Lucky, A., & Hulcr, J. (2015). Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). EDIS, 2015(5), 5. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1094-2015

Authors

Andrea Lucky
Andrea Lucky
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, insect systematics, Department of Entomology and Nematology

Jiri Hulcr
Jiri Hulcr
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, forest entomology, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, and Department of Entomology and Nematology

Publication #EENY 627