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Pine Wilt nematode

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Buhrer, 1934) Nickle, 1970

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The pine wilt nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) is a species in the order Rhabditida.

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Quick facts about the pine wilt nematode

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

Where does the pine wilt nematode live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pine wilt nematode as introduced in 8 countries, and flagged as invasive in 3 of them.

  1. Chinainvasive
  2. Japaninvasive
  3. South Koreainvasive
  4. France
  5. Poland
  6. Spain
  7. Türkiye
  8. United Kingdom

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 pine wilt nematode 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 pine wilt nematode classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumNematoda
  3. classChromadorea
  4. orderRhabditida
  5. genusBursaphelenchus
  6. SpeciesBursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Buhrer, 1934) Nickle, 1970

Synonyms Aphelenchoides xylophilus, Bursaphelenchus lignicolus, Paraphelenchoides xylophilus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Pine wood nematodeEnglish
  • háďátko borovicovéCzech
  • FyrrevednematodDanish
  • nemátodo de la madera del pinoSpanish
  • männi-laguussEstonian
  • mäntyankeroinenFinnish
  • 소나무재선충Korean
  • furuvednematodeNorwegian Bokmål
  • nemátodo-da-madeira-do-pinheiroPortuguese
  • háďatko borovicovéSlovak
  • tallvedsnematodSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pine wilt nematode

Other species in the same genus Bursaphelenchus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pine wilt nematode an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the pine wilt nematode as invasive in 3 countries: China, Japan and South Korea. It lists it as introduced in 8 in all.

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). Pine Wilt nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pine-wilt-nematode

MLA

“Pine Wilt nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pine-wilt-nematode.

BibTeX
@misc{pine_wilt_nematode_2026,
  title = {Pine Wilt nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pine-wilt-nematode},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}