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Species Euwallacea validus

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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 Xyleborini
Genus Euwallacea
Species validus (Euwallacea validus)
Explanation of Names
Euwallacea validus (Eichhoff 1875)
Range
native to Asia, adventive and widespread in e. US (VT-GA-AL to MO-TX) & ON(1)
Habitat
stumps/boles of hardwoods and conifers(2)
Food
highly polyphagous (recorded hosts include members of 20 families)(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NY 1976(3)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.Exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the United States: potential and current invaders
Haack R.A., Rabaglia R.J. 2013. In: Potential invasive pests of agricultural crops. Peña J.E., ed. CABI International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 48‒74.
Contributed by v belov on 29 October, 2010 - 2:12pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 26 April, 2019 - 8:34pm

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