Dendroctonus brevicomis

TaxID: 77160

Basic Information

Dendroctonus brevicomis

Western Pine Beetle, western pine beetle

Dendroctonus brevicomis, the western pine beetle, is a species of crenulate bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. It is found in North America and parts of Mexico. It is known as a destructive pest of ponderosa and Coulter pine trees. When drought makes these pines more susceptible to infestations by D. brevicomis, there is an increased risk of forest fires due to dead trees. The beetle may cause mortality of 60 to 90 percent of host trees in some landscapes during an outbreak. One of the more recent notable outbreaks occurred in the central and southern Sierra Nevada Range in California from 2014 to 2017, causing the death of millions of ponderosa pines. Adult D. brevicomis are brown or black beetles 3 C5 mm in length. Females carve lengthy egg galleries in the wood, damaging the trees.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Curculionidae

Dendroctonus

brevicomis

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Gabbie Byers@BY
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(c) Josh Neubrand@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (10 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Drypetes natalensis Host
Drypetes natalensis var. leiogyna Host
Grewia asiatica Host
Pinus Host
Pinus ayacahuite Host
Pinus coulteri Host
Pinus leiophylla Host
Pinus oocarpa Host
Pinus ponderosa Host
Pinus teocote Host

Quarantine Status (14 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Armenia Absent —
Belarus Absent —
Cuba Absent —
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
EPPO A1 Absent —
Greece Quarantine pests —
Croatia Quarantine pests —
Japan Quarantine pests —
Kazakhstan A1 list 2017
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
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Distribution (5 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

4
Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Canada Present
Germany Present —
Ireland Absent —
Mexico Present —
United States of America Present

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (8 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GBMNA46780-19 - COI-3P 814 - - -
GBMNA46779-19 - COI-3P 790 - - -
GBMNA46778-19 - COI-3P 801 - - -
GBMNA46777-19 - COI-3P 767 - - -
GBCL0678-06 - COI-5P 617 - - -
GBCL0675-06 - COI-5P 511 - - -
CNCCA1147-12 BOLD:ACA2179 COI-5P 658 United States 1992-04-15 -
CISSB5002-23 BOLD:ACA2179 COI-5P 652 United States 2023-05-31 41.0948, -122.1141

Literature