Synonyms of dendroctonus rufipennis

Noun


1. spruce bark beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, bark beetle

usage: small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree; "the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests"

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