Trypophloeus

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Tyrpophloeus is a genus of bark beetles. About 12 species comprise the genus, ranging from North America to Europe and Asia.[1] The genus is little-known, but T. populi has recently become important as the causative agent of sudden aspen decline.

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Trypophloeus
Trypophloeus binodulus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subtribe: Cryphalina
Genus: Trypophloeus
Fairmaine, 1868
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Other species' host are mainly poplars, willows and alders.[2]

Partial species list

  • Trypophloeus alni
  • Trypophloeus asperatus
  • Trypophloeus bispinulus
  • Trypophloeus discedens
  • Trypophloeus klimeschi
  • Trypophloeus nitidus Swaine, 1912
  • Trypophloeus populi Hopkins, 1915
  • Trypophloeus striatulus (also known as the willow bark beetle) Mannerheim, 1853
  • Trypophloeus thatcheri

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