Conophthorus coniperda
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Conophthorus coniperda (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Sarah McCaffrey, Museum Victoria
Source: PaDIL
Author(s): Sarah McCaffrey, Museum Victoria
Source: PaDIL
Conophthorus coniperda (Schwarz, 1895) - (white pine cone beetle)
This cone beetle is found in north-eastern parts of North America, where it is a serious pest of white pine seed orchards. Mainly cones of the eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) are attacked. Like for other Conophthorus species, females enter the base of developing cones, tunnel through them, attract a male and lay eggs. The larvae feed of the cones including the seeds which wither and fall off. The adults overwinter in the fallen cones and emerge the following spring.
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| • English: | white pine cone beetle |
| • Français: | scolyte des cônes du pin blanc |
- Other images of Conophthorus coniperda (IPM Images and PaDIL - click to enlarge)
damaged pine cones
damaged cone cut open
control by prescribed fire in a Pinus strobus seed orchard
head
head and pronotum
antenna
foretibia
posterior end
