Walnut Twig Beetle (pityophthorus juglandis blackman) (coleoptera: curculionidae: scolytinae)

Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield; P.L. Lambdin

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Walnut Twig Beetle (pityophthorus juglandis blackman) (coleoptera: curculionidae: scolytinae)

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Authors:

Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield, P.L. Lambdin

Year:

2014

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: FHTET-2013-2, The Use of Classical Biological Control to Preserve Forests in North American, Roy Van Driesche and Richard Reardon, eds. 321-330. 10 p.

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Abstract

The walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis Blackman (Scolytini: Pityophthorina), was initially described by Blackamn (1928) from specimens collected on black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) in Lone Mountain, New Mexico and Paradise, Arizona (Blackman, 1928; Cranshaw, 2011; LaBonte and rabaglia, 2012). There are no synonyms in the literature.

Keywords

Walnut twig beetle

Citation

Mayfield, Albert E., III; Lambdin, P.L. 2014. Walnut Twig Beetle (pityophthorus juglandis blackman) (coleoptera: curculionidae: scolytinae). In: Roy Van Driesche and Richard Reardon (eds.), The use of classical biological control to preserve forests in North America. FHTET-2013-12. USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. 321-330. 10 p.