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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Scolytinae) » Ipini » Ips » Eastern Five-Spined Engraver (Ips grandicollis)

Species Ips grandicollis - Eastern Five-Spined Engraver

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Ipina sp. Borer Beetle? - Ips grandicollis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Curculionoidea

Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Scolytinae (Bark and Ambrosia Beetles)

Tribe Ipini

Genus Ips

Species grandicollis (Eastern Five-Spined Engraver)

Other Common Names

Southern Pine Engraver

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ips grandicollis (Eichhoff)

Orig. Comb: Tomicus grandicollis Eichhoff 1868

Numbers

23 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Size

2.8-4.7mm(2)

Range

e NA (TX-FL-ME-MB) / W. Indies - Map (3)

Food

Pinus spp. (Pinaceae) (3)

Life Cycle

3-5 egg galleries radiate from a central nuptial chamber and run longitudinally. The larval mines are mostly transverse.(2)

In the south, the life cycle is 20-25 days(2)

6 or more generations per year(2)

Print References

Eichhoff, W.J. 1868. Neue amerikanische Borkenkäfer-Gattungen und Arten [part]. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 11: 399-402.

Internet References

Bark and Ambrosia Beetles - T.H. Atkinson

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

3.	Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas

Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 10 January, 2008 - 10:31am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah, Marci Hess
Last updated 2 August, 2023 - 3:41pm

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