Pityokteines curvidens (Germar, 1824)
fir engraver beetle, silver fir bark beetle
on Abies.etc.
brood galleries in the bark (from Mößnang).
parasite
In the thin bark of the stem and thick branches high in the canopy.
host plants
Pinaceae, oligophagous
Abies alba, borisii-regis, cephalonica, cilicica, firma, nordmanniana subsp. equi-trojani, sachalinensis; Picea abies.
phenology
Bivoltine; hibernation as adult in a dedicated hibernation cell in the bark.
distribution within Europe
references
Lieutier, Mendel & Faccoli (2016a), Mößnang (2004a), Nikulina, Mandelshtam, Petrov, ao (2015a), Schedl (1980a).