Dendroctonus Rufipennis — synonyms, definition

1. Dendroctonus rufipennis (Noun)

1 synonym
spruce bark beetle
1 definition

Dendroctonus rufipennis (Noun) — Small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree. ex. "the Dendroctonus rufipennis is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests"

1 type of
bark beetle
2 parts of
Dendroctonus genus Dendroctonus