EPPO Global Database

Agrilus auroguttatus(AGRLGT)

Distribution details in United States of America (California)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/058) : introduced into California in the early 2000s (probably from Arizona) and causing significant tree mortality on Californian oak species. Initially found in San Diego county (Descanso, Guatay, Pine Valley) and then in Riverside county (first found in 2012 in the community of Idyllwild).
References
* Coleman TW, Seybold SJ (2008) Previously unrecorded damage to oak, Quercus spp. in Southern California by the goldspotted oak borer, Agrilus coxalis Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 84(4), 288-300.

* Coleman TW, Seybold SJ (2011) Collection history and comparison of the interactions of the goldspotted oak borer, Agrilus auroguttatus Schaeffer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), with host oaks in Southern California and Southeastern Arizona, USA. Coleopterists Bulletin 65(2), 93-108.
------- San Diego county.

* INTERNET
California Government. Newsroom. Invasive pest found in Riverside county - Fire and forest officials ask public's help to stop spread. http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/communications_newsreleases_GSOB_Riverside.php
University of California, Riverside. Center for Invasive Species Research. The goldspotted oak borer by V Lopez and M Hoddle (dated February 2013). http://cisr.ucr.edu/goldspotted_oak_borer.html
University of California, Davis.
- Pest Notes. Publication 74163. Goldspotted oak borer by ML Flint, MI Jones, SJ Seybold (dated January 2013), 7 pp. http://ucanr.edu/sites/gsobinfo/files/159957.pdf
- A field guide to insects and disease of California oaks. http://ucanr.org/sites/gsobinfo/files/133806.pdf
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Mexico Present, no details view...