goldenhaired bark beetle, Hylurgus ligniperda (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Image Number: 2162043

goldenhaired bark beetle
Hylurgus ligniperda (Fabricius)
Photographer:
Pest and Diseases Image Library,
Contact:
Ken Walker, Museum Victoria
Descriptor:
Adult(s)
Description:
dorsal view; adult 4.0-5.7 mm, black-brown, cylindrical, covered with rather long reddish hairs; distinctive, dense hairs are thick, notched and branched; elytral apex is convex with a slight indentation, and without teeth or other armature; Australia: Victoria, Cranbourne, Oct 1945, F.E. Wilson


Image Citation:
Pest and Diseases Image Library, , forestryimages.org
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