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Southern pine beetle

Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, 1868

Status not recordedbeetles

The southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 3.6 mm in length.

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Quick facts about the southern pine beetle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
3.6 mm
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

How big is the southern pine beetle?

SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE · LENGTH 3.6 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 3.6 mm, the recorded maximum length of the southern pine beetle is about 0.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the southern pine beetle live?

Not recorded

Is the southern 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 southern pine beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusDendroctonus
  7. SpeciesDendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, 1868
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Descortezador suriano de los pinosSpanish
  • dendroctone méridional du pinFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the southern pine beetle

Other species in the same genus Dendroctonus.

Spruce beetle

Dendroctonus rufipennis

CurculionidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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How big is the southern pine beetle?

An adult southern pine beetle measures 3.6 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the southern pine beetle?

The southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis) belongs to the family Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/southern-pine-beetle

MLA

“Southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/southern-pine-beetle.

BibTeX
@misc{southern_pine_beetle_2026,
  title = {Southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/southern-pine-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}