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Definition of Dendroctonus rufipennis
1. Noun. Small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree. "The spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests"
Group relationships: Dendroctonus, Genus Dendroctonus
Generic synonyms: Bark Beetle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dendroctonus Rufipennis
Literary usage of Dendroctonus rufipennis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1895)
"Not uncommon in dead bark. 9181. Dendroctonus rufipennis, Kirby, var. obesus (black
form).—Fairly numerous in bark of newly-cut timber. 9187. ..."
2. Bibliography of the More Important Contributions to American Economic Entomology by United States Bureau of Entomology, Nathan Banks, Samuel Henshaw (1901)
"Notes on Dendroctonus rufipennis. 146. CHITTENDEN, FH The squash ladybird; its
literature and biology. <Bull. No. 19, n. ,s., Div. Ent., US Dept. ..."
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