Lodgepole Terminal Weevil

Pissodes terminalis

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Lodgepole Terminal Weevil
Scientific Name: 
Pissodes terminalis
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Curculionidae
General Biology

Economic/Human Considerations

incidence of weevil attack is greatest in open-grown stands of regeneration lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. Var. latifolia Engelm.) and jack pine (P. banksiana Lamb.)
References: 
A270
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

in the NWT (locations unclear -but see map in A269); Ft Providance and Yellowknife in 1960s (A270)
Score: 
A
References: 
A269
A270
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
2 locations in the 1960s (A270)
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Draft ranks by Chandra Venables (2012) under contract for northern beetles assessment with Environment Canada (National General Status Assessment).
Last Updated: 
July 14, 2014

References

Economic Status

  • Stevenson, R. E.; Petty, J. J., (1968) Lodgepole terminal weevil Pissodes terminalis Hopkins in the Alberta/Northwest Territories region.. Bi-m. Res. Notes, Ottawa, 24: 1, 6 p - A270 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Williams, DJM. and DW. Langor. (2002) Morphometric study of the Pissodes strobi complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).. The Canadian Entomologist. 134(4): 447-466. - A269 Return
  • Stevenson, R. E.; Petty, J. J., (1968) Lodgepole terminal weevil Pissodes terminalis Hopkins in the Alberta/Northwest Territories region.. Bi-m. Res. Notes, Ottawa, 24: 1, 6 p - A270 Return