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southern pine beetle

Dendroctonus frontalis

Classification

Class
Insecta

Dendroctonus frontalis, the southern pine beetle, often shortened to simply SPB, is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of the southern United States, Mexico and Central America. 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. Description The southern pine beetle has a reddish brown to black exoskeleton and measures approximately 3 mm (0.

Distribution

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