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Species Pityophthorus crinalis

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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 Pityophthorina
Genus Pityophthorus
Species crinalis (Pityophthorus crinalis)
Explanation of Names
Pityophthorus crinalis Blackman, 1928
Size
1.3-1.6 mm(1)
Range
Massachusetts and Michigan, south to Florida and eastern Texas(1)
Food
Toxicodendron spp.(1)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic Monograph of the Genus Pityophthorus Eichhoff in North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
Donald E. Bright. 1981. The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada.