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Rose stem girdler

Agrilus cuprescens (Ménétriés, 1832)

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The rose stem girdler (Agrilus cuprescens) is a species in the family Buprestidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 6.37 mm in length.

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Quick facts about the rose stem girdler

Weight
Not recorded
Length
6.37 mmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
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 rose stem girdler?

ROSE STEM GIRDLER · LENGTH 6.37 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.37 mm, the recorded maximum length of the rose stem girdler is about 0.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the rose stem girdler live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the rose stem girdler as introduced in 1 country.

  1. 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 rose stem girdler 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 rose stem girdler classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyBuprestidae
  6. genusAgrilus
  7. SpeciesAgrilus cuprescens (Ménétriés, 1832)

Synonyms Agrilus altaicola, Agrilus aurichalceus, Agrilus calcicola, Agrilus communis, Agrilus egenus, Agrilus epistomalis, Agrilus foveolatus, Agrilus krasai, Agrilus kuznecovi, Agrilus kuznecovinus, Agrilus lacrymans, Agrilus mokrzeckii, Agrilus obtusifera, Agrilus obtusus, Agrilus proximus, Agrilus rubicola, Agrilus viridis var. krasai, Buprestis cuprescens

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Schmaler Brombeer-PrachtkäferGerman
  • ruusunjalosoukkoFinnish
  • Agrile du rosierFrench
  • földiszeder-karcsúdíszbogárHungarian
  • ハマナスナガタマムシJapanese
  • 구리빛호리비단벌레Korean
  • Opiętek malinowiecPolish
  • Узкозлатка розаннаяRussian
  • Узкотелая златка ивоваяRussian
  • rospraktbaggeSwedish

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Relatives of the rose stem girdler

Other species in the same genus Agrilus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the rose stem girdler?

An adult rose stem girdler measures 6.37 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the rose stem girdler an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the rose stem girdler as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the rose stem girdler?

The rose stem girdler (Agrilus cuprescens) belongs to the family Buprestidae 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). Rose stem girdler (Agrilus cuprescens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rose-stem-girdler

MLA

“Rose stem girdler (Agrilus cuprescens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rose-stem-girdler.

BibTeX
@misc{rose_stem_girdler_2026,
  title = {Rose stem girdler (Agrilus cuprescens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rose-stem-girdler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}