species 41 observations

Mediterranean Oak Borer

Xyleborus monographus

Field notes

Xyleborus monographus, the Mediterranean oak borer, is a species of ambrosia beetle in the family Curculionidae.

It is native to oaks in the regions around the Mediterranean Sea, but since 2019 has been found in California, where the oak trees it infests may be more vulnerable.

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United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided