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Species Hylastinus obscurus - Clover Root Borer

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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 Hylesinini
Genus Hylastinus
Species obscurus (Clover Root Borer)
Explanation of Names
Hylastinus obscurus (Marsham 1802)
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive and now widespread in ne. & nw. NA(1): NH-ON-WI south to VA-IN and BC to n. UT & n. CA(2)
Food
breeds in roots of legumes, esp. clovers (Trifolium)(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NY 1878(3)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
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.