Mountain pine beetle

Ken Gibson; Sandy Kegley; Barbara J. Bentz

Treesearch

Mountain pine beetle

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Ken Gibson, Sandy Kegley, Barbara J. Bentz

Year:

2009

Type:

Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet No. 2. FS-R6-RO-FIDL#2/002-2009. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 12 p.

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Abstract

The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) is a member of a group of insects known as bark beetles. Its entire life cycle is spent beneath the bark of host trees, except when adults emerge from brood trees and fly in search of new host trees.

Keywords

mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae

Citation

Gibson, Ken; Kegley, Sandy; Bentz, Barbara. 2009. Mountain pine beetle. Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet No. 2. FS-R6-RO-FIDL#2/002-2009. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 12 p.