Tomicus minor (Hartig, 1834)
lesser pine shoot beetle
on Pinus
parasite
Larvae bore in the bark of thinner branches of weakened trees.
host plants
Pinaceae, monophagous
Pinus brutia, densiflora, halepensis, koraiensis, mugo & subsp. rotundata, nigra & subsp. laricio + pallasiana + salzmannii, pinaster, pinea, radiata, strobus, sylvestris, thunbergii.
Also listed from Picea orientalis and even Cedrus libani (Cupressaceae).
distribution within Europe
synonyms
Blastophagus, Myelophilus, minor.
parasitoids, predators
Calosota vernalis; Eupelmus pini; Heydenia pretiosa.
references
Ciesla, Erkanat & Akeson (2011a), Doychev & Ovcharov (2006a), Duffy (1953a), Gatti (2011a), Lombardero (1995a), López Romero, Romón Ochoa, Iturrondobeitia Bilbao & Goldaracena Lafuente (2007a), Ruiz-Portero, Barranco & Cabello (2004a), Munroe (1926a), Nikulina, Mandelshtam, Petrov, ao (2015a), Ruiz-Portero, Barranco & Cabello (2004a), Sarikaya & Yildirim (2011a), Schedl (1980a), Selmi (1987a).