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Species Phloeotribus frontalis

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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 Phloeotribini
Genus Phloeotribus
Species frontalis (Phloeotribus frontalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phloeotribus frontalis (Olivier)
Orig. Comb: Scolytus frontalis Olivier 1795
Range
e US (TX-FL-NY-NE) / Mex. (1)
Food
Hosts: mostly: Morus spp. (Moraceae); also: Robinia (Fabaceae), Celtis, Ulmus (Ulmaceae) (1)
Life Cycle
The female constructs a short transverse egg gallery between the bark and wood, consisting of 2 short-branched tunnels extending in either direction from the entrance hole and deeply engraving the wood.(2)
Internet References
Bark and Ambrosia Beetles - T. H. Atkinson
Works Cited
1.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
2.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by Thomas H. Atkinson on 24 December, 2009 - 9:55pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 31 July, 2023 - 3:14pm

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