Tomicus destruens (Wollaston, 1865)
mediterranean pine shoot weevil
on Pinus
brood gallery system (from Mendel ao)
parasite
Larvae bore in the bark of young thin stems and not too thick branches.
host plants
Pinaceae, monophagous
Pinus brutia, canariensis, halepensis, pinaster, pinea, radiata.
phenology
Univoltine.
distribution within Europe
references
Ciesla, Erkanat & Akeson (2011a), Faccoli (2006a), Faccoli & Cecchi (2003a), Forbicioni, Abbazzi, Bellò ao (2019a), Gatti (2011a), Lieutier, Mendel & Faccoli (2016a), López Romero, Romón Ochoa, Iturrondobeitia Bilbao & Goldaracena Lafuente (2007a), Mendel, Madar & Golan (1985a), Nikulina, Mandelshtam, Petrov, ao (2015a), Ruiz-Portero, Barranco & Cabello (2004a), Sarikaya & Avci (2011a).