chestnut borer

chestnut borer
noun
: an insect that bores in the wood of the chestnut tree; specifically : a small blue-black yellow-striped beetle (Agrilus bilineatus) having a flattened larva that bores in various deciduous trees — called also two-lined chestnut borer

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