Trypophloeus populi
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| Trypophloeus populi | |
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| Trypophloeus populi (by TH Atkinson, Biodiversity Center, University of Texas at Austin). holotype Trypophloeus populi Hopkins. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Trypophloeus |
| Species: | T. populi |
| Binomial name | |
| Trypophloeus populi Hopkins, 1915 [1] | |
Tyrpophloeus populi is a species of bark beetle[2][3] that have been suggested as the cause of sudden aspen decline.[4][5][6] It was first described by the American entomologist Andrew Delmar Hopkins.[7]
Bark beetles have been reported to have lengths ranging from 1.7 to 2.1 millimeters, with their length approximately 2.3 times as long as they are wide.[7] They come in black and dark brown body colors.
Tyrpophloeus populi has been found throughout North America, from East Nevada and North Arizona to Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.[7]