Dendroctonus ponderosae
mountain pine beetle
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- pest insect
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Genus
- Dendroctonus
Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Coleoptera | Curculionidae | Dendroctonus
External: GBIF #1228026
1 AI-consensus-verified claim across 1 interaction category.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Dendroctonus ponderosae.
herbivory 1 claim
- This entity is the subject of herbivory on Pinus contorta (Bolander Beach Pine) · effect: harmful
“mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreaks in the US Pacific Northwest”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedBebber D. P., Ramotowski M. A. T., Gurr S. J. (2013) · Crop pests and pathogens move polewards in a warming world · p. 1 #6495552
Genus-level evidence
2 claims where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Dendroctonus sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Dendroctonus ponderosae.
- herbivory · Dendroctonus (genus) → Pseudotsuga menziesii · effect: harmful
“3,2-MCH dispensed near freshly felled Douglas fir reduced attacks as much as 96 percent”
- herbivory · Dendroctonus (genus) → Picea sitchensis · effect: harmful
“effective results against other bark beetles on felled Sitka spruce trees”
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
herbivory 1
- GloBI kills Pinus ponderosa https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7263294
pollination 1
- GloBI interactsWith Pinus ponderosa https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=35368455
crop interaction 2
- GloBI interactsWith Pinus ponderosa https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=35368455
- GloBI kills Pinus ponderosa https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7263294