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Lodgepole pine beetle

Dendroctonus murrayanae Hopkins, 1909

Status not recordedbeetles

The lodgepole pine beetle (Dendroctonus murrayanae) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the lodgepole pine beetle

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

Where does the lodgepole pine beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lodgepole pine beetle as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Mexicoinvasive

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 lodgepole pine 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 lodgepole pine beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusDendroctonus
  7. SpeciesDendroctonus murrayanae Hopkins, 1909
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • dendroctone du pin torduFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lodgepole pine beetle

Other species in the same genus Dendroctonus.

Spruce beetle

Dendroctonus rufipennis

CurculionidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the lodgepole pine beetle an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the lodgepole pine beetle as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the lodgepole pine beetle?

The lodgepole pine beetle (Dendroctonus murrayanae) 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lodgepole pine beetle (Dendroctonus murrayanae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lodgepole-pine-beetle

MLA

“Lodgepole pine beetle (Dendroctonus murrayanae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lodgepole-pine-beetle.

BibTeX
@misc{lodgepole_pine_beetle_2026,
  title = {Lodgepole pine beetle (Dendroctonus murrayanae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lodgepole-pine-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}