Dendroctonus micans

TaxID: 77164

Basic Information

Dendroctonus micans

European spruce beetle, Great Spruce Bark Beetle

Dendroctonus micans, the great spruce bark beetle, is a species of bark beetle native to the coniferous forests of Europe and Asia. The beetles attack economically important spruce species including Picea abies (Norway spruce) and Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce). The adults burrow into the bark of the trees and lay eggs there. The larvae feed on the phloem under the bark; they can girdle the tree if present in large enough numbers. The species is a serious pest of commercial forestry, and is an invasive species in many regions where it is not native, such as the United Kingdom, France, Turkey, Georgia, and North America. While its main host is spruce, it also attacks coniferous trees of other genera, including firs such as Abies sibirica (Siberian fir); pines such as Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine); the Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii, and the common larch, Larix decidua. Biological pest control has been applied using a natural predator, the beetle Rhizophagus grandis, in several countries.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Curculionidae

Dendroctonus

micans

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Dendroctonus micans
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(c) Gilles San Martin@BY-SA
Dendroctonus micans
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(c) Gilles San Martin@BY-SA
Dendroctonus micans
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(c) Gilles San Martin@BY-SA
Dendroctonus micans
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(c) Gilles San Martin@BY-SA
Dendroctonus micans
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(c) Gilles San Martin@BY-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (22 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (51 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent 2019
Armenia Absent —
Austria PZ Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex III) 2019
Azerbaijan A1 list 2024
Belgium PZ Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex III) 2019
Bulgaria PZ Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex III) 2019
Belarus Present —
Brazil Absent —
Canada Quarantine pests 2019
Chile Quarantine pests —
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Distribution (39 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

35
Present
4
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Belarus Present —
Switzerland Present —
China Present
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
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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 (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature