Northern Research Station

Title: Tomicus piniperda (Scolytidae): a serious pest of yunnan pine in southwestern China

Author: Ye, Hui; Haack, Robert A.; Lu, Jun

Date: 2003

Source: In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 105-107.

Station ID: GTR-NE-300

Description: The pine shoot beetle, Tomicus piniperda (L.), is native to the pine growing regions of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa (Bakke 1968; L?ngstrom 1983; Ye 1991). Established populations of T. piniperda were first found in North America in 1992 (Haack and Kucera 1993), and as of January 2002, it now occurs in 318 counties in the United States and 51 counties in Canada (Haack and Poland 2002).

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Ye, Hui; Haack, Robert A.; Lu, Jun  2003.  Tomicus piniperda (Scolytidae): a serious pest of yunnan pine in southwestern China.   In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 105-107..