elm bark beetle

elm bark beetle
noun
: either of two beetles that are vectors of the fungus which causes Dutch elm disease:
a. : a native beetle (Hylurgopinus rufipes) of eastern No. America
b. : a smaller European beetle (Scolytus multistriatus) that has become established in the same part of the New World

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1. Also called smaller European elm bark beetle. a shiny, dark reddish-brown bark beetle, Scolytus multistriatus, originating in Europe and now widespread in the U.S.: the primary vector of Dutch elm disease.
2. Also called native elm bark beetle. a bark beetle, Hylurgopinus opaculus, of eastern North America, that also transmits Dutch elm disease.
[1905-10]

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elm bark beetle,
any one of various beetles that harm elm trees, especially a beetle originally of Europe, the chief carrier of Dutch elm disease.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • elm bark beetle — noun Date: circa 1909 either of two beetles (family Scolytidae) that are vectors for the fungus causing Dutch elm disease: a. one (Hylurgopinus rufipes) native to eastern North America b. one (Scolytus multistriatus) introduced from Europe into… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • smaller European elm bark beetle — noun Date: circa 1945 elm bark beetle b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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