“tree borer”

The following 5 entries include the term tree borer.

lesser peach tree borer

noun

: a clearwing moth (Synanthedon pictipes) whose larva bores into the wood of stone-fruit trees and especially the peach

peach tree borer

noun

: a blue-black clearwing moth (Synanthedon exitiosa synonym Sanninoidea exitiosa) with the female having an orange band on the abdomen and whose white brown-headed larva bores in the wood of stone fruit trees (such as the peach)

apple tree borer

noun

flatheaded apple tree borer

noun

: a flattened elongate-oval beetle (Chrysobothris femorata) bronze above and bright and brassy beneath that is widespread in hardwoods

roundheaded apple tree borer

noun

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