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| Analysis - view details of type of pest/disease/disorder | |
| Symptoms | Dying of twigs and branches of old trees, but also of younger plants, which have been physiologically weakened; underneath the bark star-shaped galleries, mating chamber deeply inserted in the springwood, larval tunnels wide (by contrast to those of the Six-toothed Spruce bark beetle) | |
| Impact | Especially in afforestations attacking healthy trees after mass propagation | |
| Control | Hygienic measures: above all in afforestations quick removal of infested plants; further information (in German): bark beetle-homepage. | |
| Hosts | Douglas fir; Spruce; Pine; Larch; Fir; | |
| Affected plant parts | Shoot/Twig/Branch; Stem; |
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| Pityophthorus pityographus: feeding pattern |
Pityophthorus pityographus: beetle |
Pityophthorus pityographus: beetle in feeding tunnel |
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