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Species Scolytus muticus - Hackberry Engraver

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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 Scolytini
Genus Scolytus
Species muticus (Hackberry Engraver)
Explanation of Names
Scolytus muticus Say 1824
Size
2.2-5.3 mm(1)
Range
e NA (QC-FL to ON-MN-TX) - Map (2)(1)(3)
Food
Primary hosts: Hackberry (Celtis, Ulmaceae)(2)
Life Cycle
Egg galleries are similar to the hickory bark beetle (Scolytus quadrispinosus). The larvae feed between the bark and wood, later burrowing into the wood. Pupation occurs just beneath the surface of the wood.(4)
There are 2 generations per year(4)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Quebec, Canada
de Tonnancour P., Anderson R.S., Bouchard P., Chantal C., Dumont S., Vigneault R. 2017. Zookeys 681: 95‒117.
2.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.