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Genus Gnathotrichus

Gnathotrichus sulcatus - male Scolytin - Gnathotrichus materiarius Scolytin - Gnathotrichus materiarius American utilizable wood bark beetle - Gnathotrichus materiarius Scolytin - Gnathotrichus materiarius Scolytin - Gnathotrichus materiarius Scolytinae via Lindgren funel - Gnathotrichus sulcatus Scolytinae via Lindgren funel - Gnathotrichus sulcatus
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 Pityophthorini
Subtribe Corthylina
Genus Gnathotrichus
Explanation of Names
Gnathotrichus Eichhoff 1869
Numbers
7 spp. in our area, 16 total(1)
Size
2.0–3.7 mm(1)
Range
NA(1)
Food
hosts: Abies, Alnus, Oreopanax, Picea,Pinaceae, Pinus, Populus, Pseudotsuga, Quercus, Tsuga(1)
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States
Contributed by Thomas H. Atkinson on 24 December, 2009 - 9:52pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 February, 2013 - 9:05pm

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