Pissodes strobi

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The white pine weevil, Pissodes strobi Peck (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is the most serious and economically important native insect pest of spruce and pine regeneration in Canada. Distributed across Canada and the USA, this insect was first described in 1817 by W. D. Peck, a professor at Harvard University.In British Columbia and Alberta, the weevil primarily attacks Sitka (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.), white (P. glauca (Moench) Voss), and Engelmann spruce (P. engelmannii Parry), although black spruce (P. mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.), Norway spruce (P. abies (L.) Karst), and occasionally lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. var. latifolia Engelm.) are also susceptible. This preference for spruce in the west has caused this insect to be occasionally referred to as the "spruce weevil." In eastern Canada, the weevil can be found on white pine (Pinus strobus L.), red pine (P. resinosa Ait.), jack pine (P. banksiana Lamb.), Scots pine (P. sylvestris L.), white spruce, red spruce (P. rubens Sarg.), black spruce, Norway spruce and Colorado blue spruce (P. pungens Engelm.). In the eastern USA, at least 20 different host species are mentioned including Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) and pitch pine (P. rigida Mill.). In eastern Canada and the USA, it is considered that pure plantations of white pine and later Norway spruce have led to important population build up over the last century. (from http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/subsite/weevil) 11,089 Sanger ESTs have been generated for this insect (Keeling et al., unpublished) Christopher I. Keeling

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Pissodes strobi
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Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Pissodes
NCBI taxid: 485px-US-NLM-NCBI-Logo.png 49927
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