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Species Pissodes nemorensis - Eastern Pine Weevil

Northern Pine Weevil - Pissodes nemorensis

Eastern Pine Weevil - Pissodes nemorensis

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 Molytinae

Genus Pissodes (Conifer Weevils)

Species nemorensis (Eastern Pine Weevil)

Other Common Names

Deodar Weevil

Explanation of Names

Pissodes nemorensis Germar 1824

Identification

Range

mostly se coastal states (TX-FL-MD, KY) (1)(2), but lots of BG records north of this historical range...

Habitat

hammocks in FL (2)

Life Cycle

Eggs are laid in the inner bark. The larvae feed beneath the bark, girdling and often killing the stem. Pupation occurs in "chip cocoons" in the wood during March. Adults appear and aestivate until fall.(3)

Print References

Ollieu, M.M. 1971. Damage to southern pines in Texas by Pissodes nemorensis. Journal of Economic Entomology 64(6): 1456-1459. (Abstract)

Internet References

Fact sheet - wiki.bugwood.org

Fact Sheet - www.barkbeetles.org

Works Cited

1.	Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies... O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.

2.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

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

Contributed by tom murray on 26 August, 2007 - 9:15am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 29 July, 2023 - 1:39pm

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