Pissodes strobi

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White pine weevil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Superphylum: Protostomia Division: Neoptera Phylum: Arthropoda Subdivision: Endopterygota Class: Insecta Subclass: Pterygota Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Polyphaga Infraorder: Cucujiformia Superfamily: Curculionoidea Family: Curculionidae Subfamily: Molytinae Tribe: Pissodini Genus: Pissodes Germar, 1817 Species: P. strobi W. D. Peck, 1817

White pine weevil or Engelmann spruce weevil (Pissodes strobi) is the primary weevil attacking and destroying white pines, described in 1817 by W. D. Peck, esq., Professor of Natural History and of Botany, Harvard University. The weevil is dark brown with white spots.

The eggs are laid inside a tree, usually white pine, Sitka spruce, white spruce, Engelmann spruce, or other pine or spruce, and the offspring feed on this tree until the host is killed.

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