Dendroctonus frontalis
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Dendroctonus frontalis, the southern pine beetle,[1] often shortened to simply SPB, is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of the southern United States, Mexico and Central America.[2] It has recently expanded its range to the northeastern United States, where it is considered an invasive species and has destroyed massive amounts of pine forest.
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Dendroctonus frontalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Dendroctonus |
Species: | D. frontalis |
Binomial name | |
Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, 1868 | |
Synonyms | |
Dendroctonus arizonicus |
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