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National Invasive Species Information Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Common Pine Shoot Beetle

Scientific Name

Tomicus piniperda L. (CABI)

Common Name

Common Pine Shoot Beetle (PSB)

Native To

Eurasia and northern Africa (Haack and Poland 2001)

Date of U.S. Introduction

First discovered in Ohio in 1992 (Haack and Poland 2001)

Means of Introduction

Accidentally introduced on imported wood packing material (Haack and Poland 2001)

Impact

Capable of damaging and killing pine trees by feeding on young shoots (Haack and Poland 2001)

Common Pine Shoot Beetle

Common Pine Shoot Beetle, adult (dorsal view from the Collection of Slovenian Museum of Natural History

Credit

Photo by Maja Jurc; University of Ljubjana

Source
Invasive.org

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