EPPO Global Database

Dryocoetes confusus(DRYOCN)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Abies lasiocarpa (ABILA) Major host
* Negrón JF, Popp JB (2009) The flight periodicity, attack patterns, and life history of Dryocoetes confusus Swaine (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), the western balsam bark beetle, in north central Colorado. Western North American Naturalist 69(4), 447-458.
Abies (1ABIG) Host
Abies amabilis (ABIAM) Host
* Bright DE (1963) Bark beetles of the genus Dryocoetes (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in North America. Annals. Entomological Society of America 56, 103–115.
Abies concolor (ABICO) Host
* Bright DE (1963) Bark beetles of the genus Dryocoetes (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in North America. Annals. Entomological Society of America 56, 103–115.
Picea engelmannii (PIEEN) Host
* Bright DE (1963) Bark beetles of the genus Dryocoetes (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in North America. Annals. Entomological Society of America 56, 103–115.