Orthotomicus erosus (Wollaston, 1857)
mediterranean pine engraver
on Pinus
parasite
Mainly in dead wood, but also capable to infest live trees that are stressed by drought etc. The females gnaw a gallery in the bark (in the phloem) and deposit individual eggs; the larvae make their individual gallery in the phloem. Polygamous species.
host plants
Pinaceae, oligophagous
Abies nordmanniana subsp. equi-trojani, pinsapo; Cedrus atlantica, deodara, libani; Picea orientalis; Pinus brutia, canariensis, halepensis, nigra & subsp. pallasiana + salzmannii, pinaster, pinea, radiata, sylvestris, uncinata; Pseudotsuga menziesii.
phenology
2-7 generations per year.
distribution within Europe
synonyms
Ips erosus.
references
Ciesla, Erkanat & Akeson (2011a), Doychev & Ovcharov (2006a), Duffy (1953a), Faccoli & Cecchi (2003a), Forbicioni, Abbazzi, Bellò ao (2019a), Gatti (2011a), Haack (2004a), Lee, Haack, Negrón, ao (2007a), Lieutier, Mendel & Faccoli (2016a), Lombardero (1995a), López Romero, Romón Ochoa, Iturrondobeitia Bilbao & Goldaracena Lafuente (2007a), Lukić, Zgrablić & Mičetić Stanković (2019a), Mifsud & Knížek (2009a), Munroe (1926a), Nikulina, Mandelshtam, Petrov, ao (2015a), Ruiz-Portero, Barranco & Cabello (2004a), Sanchez, Chittaro, Germann & Knížek (2020a), Sarıkaya (2013a), Sarikaya & Şen (2017a), Sarikaya & Yildirim (2011a), Vorst, Heijerman, van Nunen & van Wielink (2008a).