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Black Pinebark beetle

Hylastes ater Erichson, 1836

Status not recordedbeetles

The black pinebark beetle (Hylastes ater) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 4.36 mm in length.

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Quick facts about the black pinebark beetle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
4.36 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the black pinebark beetle?

BLACK PINEBARK BEETLE · LENGTH 4.36 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.36 mm, the recorded maximum length of the black pinebark beetle is about 0.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the black pinebark beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the black pinebark beetle as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Australiainvasive
  2. Chileinvasive
  3. Ireland

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the black pinebark beetle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the black pinebark beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusHylastes
  7. SpeciesHylastes ater Erichson, 1836

Synonyms Hylesinus chloropus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • lýkohub borovýCzech
  • Schwarzer KiefernbastkäferGerman
  • mustaniluriFinnish
  • Scolyte noirFrench
  • fekete gyökérszúHungarian
  • マツノクロキクイムシJapanese
  • 소나무먹나무좀Korean
  • Zwarte dennenbastkeverDutch
  • zakorek czarnyPolish
  • Корнежил чёрныйRussian
  • lykokaz pňovýSlovak

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the black pinebark beetle

Other species in the same genus Hylastes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black pinebark beetle?

An adult black pinebark beetle measures 4.36 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black pinebark beetle an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the black pinebark beetle as invasive in 2 countries: Australia and Chile. It lists it as introduced in 3 in all.

What kind of animal is the black pinebark beetle?

The black pinebark beetle (Hylastes ater) belongs to the family Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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CreatureData. (2026). Black Pinebark beetle (Hylastes ater). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-pinebark-beetle

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BibTeX
@misc{black_pinebark_beetle_2026,
  title = {Black Pinebark beetle (Hylastes ater)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-pinebark-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}