Twig borer

Twig borers are a number of species of beetles and moths that chew holes into small branches of trees and shrubs. Many of these insects are agricultural pests. Animals that are called twig borers include:

• Amphicerus bicaudatus (apple twig borer or grape cane borer)
• Amphicerus bimaculatus (grape cane borer beetle)
• Melalgus confertus (branch and twig borer)

• Xylosandrus compactus (black twig borer or coffee twig borer)

• Chlorophorus varius (grape wood borer)
• Bacchisa fortunei (blue pear twig borer)
• Oberea tripunctata (dogwood twig borer)
• Oberea delongi (poplar twig borer)
• Xylotrechus pyrrhoderus (grape twig borer)

• Coleotechnites bacchariella (coyote brush twig borer moth)
• Anarsia lineatella (peach twig borer)

• Terastia meticulosalis (erythrina twigborer)

• Gypsonoma haimbachiana (cottonwood twig borer)
• Hystrichophora taleana (indigobush twig borer)
• Ecdytolopha insiticiana (locust twig borer)

• Proteoteras willingana (eastern boxelder twig borer moth)
• Proteoteras aesculana (maple twig borer)
• Proteoteras crescentana (northern boxelder twig borer moth)
• Proteoteras arizonae (western boxelder twig borer moth)