pine engraver

Les scolytes (Scolytinae) forment une sous-famille d'insectes coléoptères de la famille des Curculionidae. Description Les scolytes sont de petits insectes de l'ordre des coléoptères. Ils font partie d'une grande famille renfermant des insectes dits « ravageurs », les curculionidés.

Ips pini, also known as the pine engraver or North American pine engraver, is a species of typical bark beetle in the family Curculionidae native to North America. Its habitat is broadly distributed throughout the North American continent, extending from Canada and Alaska to northern Mexico, where it is primarily associated with coniferous forests and trees of smaller diameters, typically ranging from 12 to 20 cm. Ips pini populations are subcategorized by their geographic ranges and are primarily distinguished by how they produce the enantiomeric composition of ipsdienol, the major pheromone…

Ips pini es una especie de escarabajo del género Ips, tribu Ipini, familia Curculionidae. ​ Fue descrita científicamente por Say y T. en 1826.