Polished Bark Beetle

Xyloterinus politus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae

Xyloterinus is a genus of typical bark beetles in the family Curculionidae. This is a monotypic genus and the one described species is Xyloterinus politus. It is native to North America where it infests both hardwood and softwood trees, as well as stacks of logs.

Distribution

Polished Bark Beetle — (c) Robert Roach, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Robert Roach · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Belgium · 35

Sources and credits

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Polished Bark Beetle

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