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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionoidea) » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Scolytinae) » Hylurgini » Dendroctonus » Red Turpentine Beetle (Dendroctonus valens)

Species Dendroctonus valens - Red Turpentine Beetle

Classification · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Dendroctonus - Dendroctonus valens Dendroctonus valens Pine Beetle - Dendroctonus valens Red Turpentine Beetle - Dendroctonus valens bark beetle - Dendroctonus valens Red Turpentine Beetle - Dendroctonus valens Red Turpentine Beetle (Dendroctonus valens) - Dendroctonus valens Scolytinae - Dendroctonus valens
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Scolytinae (Bark and Ambrosia Beetles)
Tribe Hylurgini
Genus Dendroctonus
Species valens (Red Turpentine Beetle)
Numbers
Dendroctonus valens LeConte 1860
valens 'strong'
Range
Disjunct e. & w. populations (NS-MN-TN; BC-CA to SD-TX); south to Nicaragua(1)
Food
Primary host: Pinus(1)
Remarks
invasive in China
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Atkinson T.H. (200_-2018) Bark and ambrosia beetles
Contributed by tom murray on 7 July, 2007 - 7:17pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 14 April, 2019 - 4:04pm

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