Ashenic emerald narrow-bodied goldfish [1] ( lat. Agrilus planipennis ) is an invasive species of goldfish . Comes from East Asia.
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Distribution
An invasive species imported from East Asia ( China , Korea , Japan ) and the Russian Far East to North America ( USA ) and the European part of Russia [2] [3] [1] .
Description
The length of the narrow body of adult insects (adults) is about 1 cm (width 3 mm). The body on the dorsal side is dark green, with a bronze tint. The eggs are oval, 1 × 0.6 mm. The larvae are up to 3 cm long. They develop on ash trees, as well as on some types of elms and nuts [4] . The first copies of the bug were found by the famous naturalist and missionary Arman David during his trip to China in the 1860-1870s and sent to Paris for research. The species was first scientifically described in 1888 by the French entomologist Leon Firemeier (1820-1906) [2] [3]
Gallery
Larva
Beetle from below
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 M. Y. Orlova-Benkovskaya. Ash trees die. Who is to blame and what to do? // Invasive biology: current status and prospects: Materials of the workshop. - M .: Max-press, 2014 .-- S. 119-124 .
- ↑ 1 2 Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests: Agrilus planipennis (neopr.) // OEPP / EPPO Bulletin. - European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization, 2005. - T. 35 , No. 3 . - S. 436-438 . - DOI : 10.1111 / j.1365-2338.2005.00844.x .
- ↑ 1 2 Agrilus planipennis (insect) . Global Invasive Species Database . ISSG-IUCN (August 14, 2006).
- ↑ E. G. Mozolevskaya, A. I. Ismailov, N. A. Alekseev. Foci of a new dangerous pest of ash - the emerald narrow-body goldfish in Moscow and the Moscow region // Forest Gazette: journal. - 2008. - Issue. 1 . - S. 53-59 .
See also
- Agrilus cuprescens