Walnut twig beetle

Walnut twig beetle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Pityophthorus
Species:
P. juglandis
Binomial name
Pityophthorus juglandis
Blackman, 1928

Pityophthorus juglandis, also known as the walnut twig beetle, is a weevil that feeds on several different species of walnut trees (Juglans). It is one of only a few species in the genus Pityophthorus that is associated with hardwoods and the only one associated with walnut trees.[1]

  1. ^ Freeland, E.; Kolarik, M.; Utley, C.; et al. (March 2011). "Geosmithia morbida sp. nov., a new phytopathogenic species living in symbiosis with the walnut twig beetle (Pityophthorus juglandis) on Juglans in USA". Mycologia. 103 (2): 325–332. doi:10.3852/10-124. PMID 20943528. S2CID 35496500.