Spruce Bark Beetle — synonyms, definition

1. spruce bark beetle (Noun)

1 synonym
Dendroctonus rufipennis
1 definition

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

1 type of
bark beetle
2 parts of
Dendroctonus genus Dendroctonus