Cryphalus piceae (Ratzeburg, 1837)
fir bark beetle
on Abies, etc.
brood galleries © Louis-Michel Nageleisen, Département de la Santé des Forêts, Bugwood.org
parasite
Larvae make galleries, radiation from a central point, in the phloem of branches of weakened trees.
host plants
Pinaceae, oligophagous
Abies alba, borisii-regis, cephalonica, cilicica, nordmanniana & subsp. equi-trojani, procera; Picea abies; Pinus nigra, peuce, sylvestris.
phenology
Bivoltine.
distribution within Europe
references
Borowski & Mokrzycki (2016a), Delbol (2022a), Doychev & Ovcharov (2006a), Duffy (1953a), Hellrigl (2012c), Justesen, Hansen, Thomsen, ao (2020a), Lieutier, Mendel & Faccoli (2016a), Marković (2013a), Munroe (1926a), Nikulina, Mandelshtam, Petrov, ao (2015a), Ressl (2004a), Sarikaya & Yildirim (2011a), Schedl (1980a), Seitz, John & Delb (2019a).