Trypophloeus populi

Tyrpophloeus populi is a species of bark beetle implicated in sudden aspen decline.[2][3][4]

Trypophloeus populi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Curculionidae
Subfamily:
Scolytinae
Tribe:
Cryphalini
Genus:
Trypophloeus
Species:
T. populi
Binomial name
Trypophloeus populi
Hopkins, 1915 [1]

This beetle is tiny; adults measure about 2 millimeters.

References
  1. "Trypophloeus populi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. Anon. "Aspen bark beetles" (PDF). Forest Health Management Rocky Mountain Region July 2008.
  3. Nicholas Riccardi (October 18, 2009). "Climate blamed for aspen deaths". Los Angeles Times.
  4. Michelle Nijhuis (December 2008). "What's Killing the Aspen?". Smithsonian magazine.


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