Species Dryocoetes betulae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Scarabaeidae? - Dryocoetes betulae - female

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 Dryocoetini

Genus Dryocoetes

Species betulae (Dryocoetes betulae)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dryocoetes eichoffi Hopkins, 1894

Dryocoetes liquidambaris Hopkins, 1915

Explanation of Names

Dryocoetes betulae Hopkins, 1915

Size

2.8-3.8mm (1)

Range

British Columbia and Newfoundland to Louisiana and Florida (1)

Food

Hosts: Betula lenta, B. lutea, B. papyrifera; less common in Fagus grandifolia, Liquidambar styraciflua (1)

Internet References

Species page

Works Cited

1.	The Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), a Taxonomic Monograph Stephen Wood. 1982. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, Number 6, Brigham Young University.

Contributed by Marc DiGirolomo on 11 April, 2018 - 8:03pm
Last updated 18 November, 2020 - 7:14am

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