Hylesinus oleiperda

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Csóka, GY., and Kovács, T. 1999. Xylophagous insects. Forest Research Institute. Erdészeti Turományos Intézet. Agroinform Kiadó, Budapest. 189 pp.


2.5-3 mm. The two-branched egg gallery is 3-6 cm long. The loosely packed larval tunnels are 5-7 cm long. Lives in thinner stem and branches of Ash (Fraxinus), more rarely in Syringa, Olive (Olea) and privet (Ligustrum). A mediterranean species which can also be found in Hungary.

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