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Asian Long-Horned Beetle

Scientific Name

Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky, 1853) (ITIS)

Common Name

Asian long-horned beetle (ALB), starry sky beetle

Native To

Asia (Hu et al. 2009)

Date of U.S. Introduction

First breeding populations discovered in New York in 1996 (Haack et al. 2010)

Means of Introduction

Arrived accidentally in cargo from Asia (Hu et al. 2009)

Impact

Destructive wood-boring pest of maple and other hardwoods (Haack et al. 2010)

Asian Long-Horned Beetle

Asian Longhorned Beetle, adult

Credit

Photo by Donald Duerr; USDA, Forest Service

Source
Invasive.org

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Spotlights

  • USDA APHIS Makes Gains Removing Asian Longhorned Beetle in New York

    • Jan 31, 2024

    • USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

    • The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), together with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, is announcing that the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) quarantine on Long Island is now smaller. New York is now closer to being ALB-free.

  • Plant Protection Today - PPQ's Ohio ALB Eradication Staff Continue to Win the Beetle Battle

    • May 31, 2022

    • USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection Today.

    • Last month PPQ's Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) Eradication Program in Ohio celebrated another victory—the ALB quarantine is officially 7.5 square miles smaller! This invasive beetle from Asia is a destructive wood-boring pest that feeds on maple and other hardwoods, eventually killing them. After completing their final round of tree inspection surveys, the ALB staff reported no sign of the beetle in a portion of East Fork State Park in Clermont County, Ohio.

      "Inspecting ALB host trees is painstaking work, and the staff meticulously survey for the pest," said ALB National Policy Manager Kathryn Bronsky. "It’s been three years since the last time we've lifted ALB quarantine restrictions in Ohio, and this is the first removal of the initial area placed under quarantine. That makes this success especially gratifying."

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Federally Regulated

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