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Species Hylastes gracilis

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 Hylastini

Genus Hylastes

Species gracilis (Hylastes gracilis)

Explanation of Names

Hylastes gracilis LeConte, 1869

Size

3.3-4.0mm(1)

Range

w. NA (BC-CA to SD-NE-NM) - Map (2)(3)

Food

hosts: mostly Pinus(2)

Internet References

Species page(2)

Works Cited

1.	The Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), a Taxonomic Monograph Stephen Wood. 1982. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, Number 6, Brigham Young University.

2.	Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 24 January, 2014 - 6:14pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, mfdigiro
Last updated 23 February, 2025 - 8:24am

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