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Dendroctonus valens LeConte, 1860
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Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
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Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked
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This species has a reddish brown color, small punctures on the lateral parts of the pronotum, as well as small granules on the declivity. It can be distinguished from D. terebrans by its distribution as well as these characters.
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This species is found in Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territory, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan). It is found in most US states and throughout Mexico. It has been found as far south as Honduras and Guatemala.
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Canada
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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One of the most widely distributed bark beetle, the Red Turpentine Beetle is common in most coniferous forests from Northern Canada to Mexico, with the exception of the SE USA. It was recently introduced to China, where it is emerging as a damaging pest of native pines.
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Weakened pine and spruce species with a DBH of 50 cm or more; may also attack healthy trees.
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This species feeds on a wide range of Pinus spp. throughout its range.
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Dendroctonus valens preys on:
Pinus
Based on studies in:
USA: North Carolina (Forest, Plant substrate)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- H. E. Savely, 1939. Ecological relations of certain animals in dead pine and oak logs. Ecol. Monogr. 9:321-385, from pp. 335, 353-56, 377-85.
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Dendroctonus valens is prey of:
Heteroptera
Platysoma parallelum
Thanasimus dubius
Temnochila virescens
Rhizophagus cylindricus
Based on studies in:
USA: North Carolina (Forest, Plant substrate)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- H. E. Savely, 1939. Ecological relations of certain animals in dead pine and oak logs. Ecol. Monogr. 9:321-385, from pp. 335, 353-56, 377-85.
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Rights holder/Author | Cynthia Sims Parr, Joel Sachs, SPIRE |
Source | http://spire.umbc.edu/fwc/ |