Emerald ash borer (EAB), ʻO Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, he pīkoi exotic i ʻike ʻia ma ka hikina hikina o Michigan ma kahi o Detroit i ke kauwela o 2002. ʻAi nā pīkī makua i nā lau lehu akā liʻiliʻi ka pōʻino. ʻAi nā larvae (ke pae ʻōʻō) i ka ʻili o loko o nā lāʻau lehu, e hoʻopilikia i ka hiki o ka lāʻau ke lawe i ka wai a me nā meaʻai.
Ua hōʻea mai paha ka mea hoʻoheheʻe lehu Emerald i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me nā mea hoʻopili lāʻau paʻa i lawe ʻia ma nā moku ukana a i ʻole nā mokulele mai kona ʻāina ʻāina ʻo Asia. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Emerald Ash Borer ma ʻumikūmālua mau mokuʻāina a me nā ʻāpana o Kanada. ʻOiai ʻaʻole pilikia ʻo Emeral Ash Borer ma Kaleponi, aia paha i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
I ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e aʻo i ka poʻe e pili ana i nā hopena o Emeral Ash Borer, ua hoʻomohala ka USDA Forest Service, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, a me Perdue University i kahi ʻano o nā webinars manuahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Emerald Ash Borer University. He ʻeono mau webinars mai Pepeluali a ʻApelila. No ke kakau inoa, e kipa i ka Emerald Ash Borer pūnaewele. Ma o ka papahana EABU, hiki i ka poʻe Kaleponi ke hoʻomākaukau no ka pest a aʻo paha i nā ala e hana ai me nā ʻano like ʻole e like me Goldspotted Oak Borer.