Emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, ke khukhwane e e sa tlwaelegang e e neng ya bonwa kwa borwabotlhaba jwa Michigan gaufi le Detroit letlhabula la 2002. Dikhukhwane tse di godileng di ja matlhare a molora mme di baka tshenyo e nnye fela. Li-larvae (sekhahla se sa tsitsang) li ja lekhapetla le ka hare la lifate tsa molora, ho senya bokhoni ba sefate sa ho tsamaisa metsi le limatlafatsi.
Emerald ash borer mohlomong e fihlile United States ka thepa e pakiloeng ea patsi e tiileng e tsamaisoang ka likepe tse tsamaisang thepa kapa lifofaneng tse tsoang Asia ea habo eona. Emerald Ash Borer e boetse e thehiloe linaheng tse ling tse leshome le metso e 'meli le likarolo tsa Canada. Le hoja Emeral Ash Borer e e-s'o be bothata California, e ka 'na ea e-ba nakong e tlang.
Ka boiteko ba ho ruta batho ka liphello tsa Emeral Ash Borer, USDA Forest Service, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, le Perdue University li thehile letoto la li-webinars tsa mahala tse bitsoang Emerald Ash Borer University. Ho na le li-webinars tse tšeletseng ho tloha ka Hlakola ho ea ho Mmesa. Ho ngolisa, etela Webosaete ea Emerald Ash Borer. Ka lenaneo la EABU, batho ba California ba ka itokisetsa likokoanyana 'me mohlomong ba ithuta mekhoa ea ho sebetsana le mefuta e meng e sa tloaelehang joaloka Goldspotted Oak Borer.