Back Dendroctonus rufipennis CEB Dendroctonus rufipennis Spanish سوسک نوئل Persian Chʼó biyaʼ (chéłchaaʼ) NV Dendroctonus rufipennis Vietnamese
| Spruce beetle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Dendroctonus |
| Species: | D. rufipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendroctonus rufipennis | |
Dendroctonus rufipennis, the spruce beetle, is a species of bark beetle native to British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Northern Manitoba, the Yukon, Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Maine. They are known to destroy forests of spruce trees[1] including Engelmann, White,[2] Sitka, and Colorado blue spruce.[3] Adults average 4 to 7 mm in length.[4]
- ^ Spruce beetle[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=0758149 Spruce Beetle
- ^ "Mountain Pine Beetle". Archived from the original on 2001-03-10.
- ^ Dendroctonus rufipennis (Scolytidae) – spruce beetle
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