Orthotomicus erosus (Wollaston, 1857)
mediterranean pine engraver
on Pinus
brood gallery system (from Mendel ao)
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), Mendel, Madar & Golan (1985a), 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).