The cherry tree borer, Synanthedon bicingulata (Staudinger, 1887), is considered as a tree boring pest boring into cambium layer and weakens the tree. Cherry trees, the host species of S. bicingulata, are the most abundant ornamental trees in South Korea. However, there has been insufficient study conducted on ornamental trees compared to orchards. The study aimed to investigate the injury patterns caused by their larvae based on height and direction they faced. Since life cycle of S. bicingulata in Gangwon province had not been surveyed, occurrence pattern was also investigated using sex attractant. Injury patterns of 253 cherry trees in Chuncheon, were surveyed in April 2023. As a result, the injury occuring under 1 m in height was 2.61 times more extensive than injury between 1m and 2m in height of trunk. Also, the injury on the south-faced trunks was 2.68 times larger than on the north-faced trunks.

• Yong Hwan Song(Department of Forest and Environment sciences, Kangwon National University) Corresponding author
• Ga Yoon Kim(Department of Forest and Environment sciences, Kangwon National University)
• Yeong Hwan Jeong(Department of Forest and Environment sciences, Kangwon National University)
• Byeong Jong Lee(Department of Forest and Environment sciences, Kangwon National University)
• Junheon Kim(Division of Forest Insect Pests and Diseases, National Institute of Forest Science)
• Jong-Kook Jung(Department of Forest and Environment sciences, Kangwon National University)