Ips amitinus (Eichhoff, 1871)

small spruce bark beetle

on Picea, etc.

parasite

Larvae in the bark of branches and thin trees.

host plants

Pinaceae, oligophagous

Abies alba; Larix decidua; Picea abies, omorika, pungens; Pinus cembra, mugo, peuce, strobus, sylvestris, uncinata subsp. uliginosa.

Mainly on Picea.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

parasitoids, predators

Tomicobia seitneri.

references

Borowski & Mokrzycki (2016a), Fiala (2017b), Hellrigl (1985a, 2012c), Holuša, Lukášová, Grodzki, ao (2012a), Nikulina, Mandelshtam, Petrov, ao (2015a), Økland, Flø, Schroeder, ao (2009a), Ressl (2004a), Schedl (1980a), Vojtěch, Křenová & Jakuš (2013a).