| Dendroctonus frontalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Dendroctonus |
| Species: | D. frontalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, 1868
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| Synonyms | |
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Dendroctonus arizonicus | |
Dendroctonus frontalis, the southern pine beetle,[1] often shortened to simply SPB, is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of the southern United States, Mexico and Central America.[2] It has recently expanded its range to the northeastern United States, where it is considered an invasive species and has destroyed massive amounts of pine forest.
- ^ "Southern Pine Beetle". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ "Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, 1868". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 April 2011.