Scolytus japonicus Chapuis, 1876 | Bark Beetle profile from Japan

Overview

Scientific name: Scolytus japonicus Chapuis, 1876
Japanese name: ニホンキクイムシ
Group: Bark Beetle
Family: Curculionidae (ゾウムシ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 9

Summary

Scolytus japonicus Chapuis, 1876 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

Ulmus davidiana var. japonica
Japanese name: ハルニレ
Zelkova serrata
Japanese name: ケヤキ
Prunus salicina
Japanese name: スモモ
Prunus mume
Japanese name: ウメ
Prunus persica
Japanese name: モモ
Cerasus jamasakura
Japanese name: ヤマザクラ
サクラ属
Japanese name: サクラ属
Malus pumila var. domestica
Japanese name: リンゴ
Pyrus pyrifolia
Japanese name: ヤマナシ

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.217（2026-07-10参照） / 国内分布: HOK, HON, SHI, KYU / 国外分布: Russian Far East, Korea, China, Siberia, Mongolia, Taiwan / 目録備考: Scolytus japonicus Chapuis, 1875 / Scolytus ussuriensis Kurenzov, 1941 / ウスリーキクイムシ