Bark beetle
- Latin name: Crypturgus pusillus (Eichhoff)
- French name:
- Family:
- Synonym(s): Bostrichus aphodiodes ,
Bostrichus pussilus ,
Crypturgus atomus ,
Crypturgus cribrellus ,
Crypturgus cylindricollis ,
Crypturgus danicus ,
Crypturgus gaunersdorferi ,
Crypturgus maulei ,
Crypturgus parallelocollis ,
Crypturgus pusillus (Gyllenhal)
Description
Distribution in Canada
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and Ontario.
Distribution elsewhere in the world
United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.
Germany, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Cyprus, Korea, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Turkey.
Micro-habitat(s)
Bark, Wood
Damage, symptoms and biology
Crypturgus pusillus is considered a “secondary” bark beetle since it attacks trees that have previously harboured other bark beetle species such as Ips typographus and Pityogenes chalcographus. It very rarely attacks live trees. It is a commensal organism (“commensal” refers to the “sharing of food”). In Europe, the insect is associated with at least 15 fungi in the Ophiostomatoid group, such as Ceratocystiopsis alba, Ceratocystiopsis minima, Ceratocystiopsis minuta, Ceratocystiopsis leucocarpa, Graphium pseudormiticum, Ophiostoma ainoae, Ophiostoma araucariae and Ophiostoma piceae.
Other information
Crypturgus pusillus originates from the Palaearctic region (Europe, Asia and North Africa). It was introduced into the eastern United States in 1868, New Brunswick in 1910, Nova Scotia in 1911, Prince Edward Island around 1976, and Newfoundland. It may have been introduced on imported lumber.
Canadian Forest Service Publications
Information on host(s)
In Europe
Abies nordmanniana, Cedrus libani, Picea orientalis, Pinus brutia, Pinus nigra, Pinus pinea, Pinus sylvestris.
Main host(s)
Balsam fir, black spruce, Douglas-fir, red spruce, tamarack, white spruce