Hylurgus ligniperda (Fabricius, 1792) (red-haired pine bark-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collecctions
Introduced from Europe
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Scolytinae
Tribe: Hylurgini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 5.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
