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Species Hypothenemus obscurus - Apple Twig Beetle

Hypothenemus obscurus Hypothenemus obscurus Hypothenemus obscurus
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 Tryopophloeini
Genus Hypothenemus
Species obscurus (Apple Twig Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Hypothenemus obscurus (Fabricius 1801)
Range
native to the Neotropics, adventive in NA (TX-LA, FL)(1)
Food
polyphagous: recorded hosts include members of 8 plant families(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: FL 1977(2)
Internet References
Bark & Ambrosia Beetles(1)
Works Cited
1.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
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.
Contributed by v belov on 16 February, 2014 - 2:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 11 April, 2019 - 9:16am

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