genus dendroctonus

Noun
  1. Genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers (synset 102182698)
    is a type of: arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
    member holonym: dendroctonus rufipennis, spruce bark beetle - small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree
    belongs to: family ipidae, family scolytidae, ipidae, scolytidae - large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees
    same as: dendroctonus

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