Ips Engraver Beetles, Ips spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

EENY-388, a 7-page illustrated fact sheet by Jeffrey M. Eickwort, Albert E. Mayfield III, and John L. Foltz, describes three species of pine bark beetles in the genus Ips -- the sixspined ips, I. calligraphus (Germar); the eastern fivespined ips, I. grandicollis (Eichloff); and the small southern pi...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey M. Eickwort, Albert E. Mayfield III, John L. Foltz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2007-03-01
Series:EDIS
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/116481
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Summary:EENY-388, a 7-page illustrated fact sheet by Jeffrey M. Eickwort, Albert E. Mayfield III, and John L. Foltz, describes three species of pine bark beetles in the genus Ips -- the sixspined ips, I. calligraphus (Germar); the eastern fivespined ips, I. grandicollis (Eichloff); and the small southern pine engraver, I. avulsus (Eichloff) -- which live predominantly in the inner bark of stressed pines in the southern United States, where they breed and feed on phloem tissue. Includes selected references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, September 2006. EENY-388/IN701: Ips Engraver Beetles, Ips spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) (ufl.edu)
ISSN:2576-0009