Ips acuminatus (Gyllenhal, 1827) | Bark Beetle profile from Japan

Overview

Scientific name: Ips acuminatus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Japanese name: マツノムツバキクイムシ
Group: Bark Beetle
Family: Curculionidae (ゾウムシ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 6

Summary

Ips acuminatus (Gyllenhal, 1827) is documented here as a bark beetle associated with plants recorded in Japan.

The scientific name is used as the primary identifier because a stable English common name is not always available for Japanese taxa.

Family: Curculionidae (ゾウムシ科).

Recorded larval host plants

Pinus densiflora
Japanese name: アカマツ
Picea jezoensis var. jezoensis
Japanese name: エゾマツ
Larix kaempferi
Japanese name: カラマツ
Pinus koraiensis
Japanese name: チョウセンゴヨウ
Pinus parviflora var. parviflora
Japanese name: ゴヨウマツ
Pinus parviflora var. parviflora
Japanese name: ゴヨウマツ

Original source note

日本列島の甲虫全種目録2026年版キクイムシ亜科 No.157（2026-07-10参照） / 国内分布: HOK, HON, SHI / 国外分布: Sakhalin, Russian Far East, Korea, China, Siberia, Taiwan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Europe, Thailand