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Trypophloeus populi

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Trypophloeus populi
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T. populi
Binomial name
Trypophloeus populi
Hopkins, 1915 [1]

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

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.