Trypophloeus populi explained

Tyrpophloeus populi is a species of bark beetle[1] [2] that have been suggested as the cause of sudden aspen decline.[3] [4] [5] It was first described by the American entomologist Andrew Delmar Hopkins.[6]

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. 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITIS - Report: Trypophloeus populi . 2024-04-08 . www.itis.gov.
  2. Web site: Webmaster . David Ratz . A Bark Beetle - Montana Field Guide . 2024-04-08 . fieldguide.mt.gov . en.
  3. Web site: Aspen bark beetles. Anon . Forest Health Management Rocky Mountain Region July 2008 .
  4. Web site: Climate blamed for aspen deaths . Nicholas Riccardi . October 18, 2009. Los Angeles Times.
  5. Web site: What's Killing the Aspen? . Michelle Nijhuis . December 2008 . Smithsonian magazine . 2009-10-20 . 2010-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100611032505/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Phenomena-Rocky-Aspens-200812.html?c=y&page=1 . dead .
  6. Wood, S.L. 1982. The bark and ambrosia beetles of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), a taxonomic monograph. Great Basin Nat. Mem. 6: 1-1356. URL.

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