Dendroctonus adjunctus

Dendroctonus adjunctus
Roundheaded Pine Beetle
Adult Roundheaded Pine Beetle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Dendroctonus
Species:
D. adjunctus
Binomial name
Dendroctonus adjunctus
Blandford, 1897

Dendroctonus adjunctus, the roundheaded pine beetle, is a species of bark beetle in the family Curculionidae found in North America.[1][2][3] A parasite, the roundheaded pine beetle feeds on and eventually kills pine trees of several species in Guatemala, Mexico, and the Southern United States (New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Utah).[4][5]

Roundheaded pine beetles are a serious threat to wild and commercial pine stocks, wiping out up to half of pine trees in a region in outbreak years. To prevent and mitigate the beetle's epidemic outbreaks, loggers have developed a variety of biological, cultural, and chemical controls.[4]

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  3. ^ a b Darren Blackford (May 2004). "Management Guide for Roundheaded Pine Beetle" (PDF). US Forest Service.
  4. ^ Negron, Jose F. (2008). "Roundheaded Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus adjunctus". Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_3452. Retrieved September 4, 2021.