First record of the camphor shot borer, Cnestus mutilatus (Blandford) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Pennsylvania

Authors

Lawrence Barringer, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2016

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0519: 1–2

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Abstract

Cnestus mutilatus (Blandford) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is reported from Pennsylvania for the first time, new state record. Specimens were collected using baited Lindgren funnels as early as 2013. Within Pennsylvania, C. mutilatus is now reported from Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, and York Counties.