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Dendroctonus

Dendroctonus
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Dendroctonus ponderosae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Scolytinae
Genus: Dendroctonus
Erichson, 1836
Species

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Dendroctonus is a genus of bark beetles. It includes several species notorious for destroying trees in the forests of North America.

Species include:


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