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Species Hylesinus aculeatus - Eastern Ash Bark Beetle

Beetle - Hylesinus aculeatus - female Small beetle - Hylesinus aculeatus Hylesinus aculeatus Say - Hylesinus aculeatus Found in logs of wood - Hylesinus aculeatus Bark Beetle - Hylesinus aculeatus Eastern Ash Bark Beetle - Hylesinus aculeatus Unknown beetle - Hylesinus aculeatus Please help with this tiny beetle.   - Hylesinus aculeatus
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 Hylesinini
Genus Hylesinus
Species aculeatus (Eastern Ash Bark Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Hylesinus aculeatus Say 1826
Size
2.0-3.0 mm(1)
Range
e NA to MT - Map (2)(3)
Food
Hosts: Fraxinus (Oleaceae)(2)
Remarks
The most commonly encountered ash-breeding bark beetle in eastern North America (T. Atkinson, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2011)
at high risk of endangerment due to the EAB (4)
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