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Black stem borer

Xylosandrus germanus Hoffmann, C.H., 1941

Status not recordedbeetles

The black stem borer (Xylosandrus germanus) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.36 mm in length.

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Quick facts about the black stem borer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
2.36 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the black stem borer?

BLACK STEM BORER · LENGTH 2.36 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.36 mm, the recorded maximum length of the black stem borer is about 0.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the black stem borer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the black stem borer as introduced in 12 countries, and flagged as invasive in 3 of them.

  1. Canadainvasive
  2. Italyinvasive
  3. Sloveniainvasive
  4. Austria
  5. Croatia
  6. France
  7. Poland
  8. Romania
  9. Spain
  10. Sweden
  11. Switzerland
  12. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the black stem borer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the black stem borer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusXylosandrus
  7. SpeciesXylosandrus germanus Hoffmann, C.H., 1941
Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Schwarzer NutzholzborkenkäferGerman
  • ハンノキキクイムシJapanese
  • Непарник германскийRussian
  • DalkıranTurkish

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Relatives of the black stem borer

Other species in the same genus Xylosandrus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black stem borer?

An adult black stem borer measures 2.36 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black stem borer an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the black stem borer as invasive in 3 countries: Canada, Italy and Slovenia. It lists it as introduced in 12 in all.

What kind of animal is the black stem borer?

The black stem borer (Xylosandrus germanus) belongs to the family Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black stem borer (Xylosandrus germanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-stem-borer

MLA

“Black stem borer (Xylosandrus germanus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-stem-borer.

BibTeX
@misc{black_stem_borer_2026,
  title = {Black stem borer (Xylosandrus germanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-stem-borer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}