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Species Xyleborinus attenuatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Xyleborinus
Species attenuatus (Xyleborinus attenuatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Current comb.: Xyleborinus attenuatus (Blandford, 1894)
Synonym: Xyleborinus alni (Niisima, 1909)
Range
native to E. Asia, adventive in NA (widespread across the north: NS-BC to MD-OH-OR) & c. Europe(1)
Food
hosts: adler, birch, hazelnut, oak, willow, basswood(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: WA 1996(2)
Internet References
Species page(3)
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.HISL Xyleborini database
2.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.
3.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
Contributed by v belov on 11 February, 2014 - 10:28am
Additional contributions by mfdigiro
Last updated 4 August, 2021 - 7:19am

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