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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) » Corthylini » Corthylina » Corthylus » Corthylus punctatissimus

Species Corthylus punctatissimus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Unknown Scolytid - Corthylus punctatissimus Corthylus punctatissimus (Zimmermann) - Corthylus punctatissimus Corthylus punctatissimus (Zimmermann) - Corthylus punctatissimus ambrosia beetle - Corthylus punctatissimus ambrosia beetle - Corthylus punctatissimus
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 Corthylini
Subtribe Corthylina
Genus Corthylus
Species punctatissimus (Corthylus punctatissimus)
Explanation of Names
Corthylus punctatissimus (Zimmermann 1868)
Range
e. US to the Rockies (ME-FL to MN-CO-NM)(1)
Food
Variety of trees and shrubs(2)
Life Cycle
The adults bores into its host near the ground line, then excavates a tunnel which may encircle the stem one or more times, girdling it. Small stems, from 3-10mm in diameter are usually attacked.(2)
Internet References
Bark and Ambrosia Beetles(1)
The Storage of Ambrosia Fungus Spores by the Pitted Ambrosia Beetle, Corthylus punctatissimus
Works Cited
1.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
2.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 14 August, 2013 - 3:14pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 3 August, 2023 - 3:22pm

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