Pityogenes chalcographus (Linnaeus 1761) (Family Curculionidae)


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Length: 2-3mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? ? ? May - June
(Earliest: 6.5)

Attractant Chemicals
Monoterpenoids Camphene, Pinene
Acetogenins Chalcogran, Methyl Decadienoate
Deterrent Chemicals
Monoterpenoids Verbenone

Biotopes:
Spruce Forest
Food:
(Wood Borer)

Pinaceae

Dead Pinaceae Wood
Parasitoids:
Tomicobia seitneri Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae

Many Braconidae Larvae
Predators:
Palloptera ustulata Larva

Plant Parasites of Europe: Pityogenes chalcographus


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