Conophthorus

Conophthorus is a genus of "bark and ambrosia beetles" in the family Curculionidae. There are more than 20 described species in Conophthorus, found in Mexico, the United States, and Canada.^[1][2][3][4]

Conophthorus
Conophthorus teocotum, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Scolytinae
Tribe:	Scolytini
Subtribe:	Pityophthorina
Genus:	Conophthorus Hopkins, 1915

Species

These 25 species belong to the genus Conophthorus:

• Conophthorus apachecae Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus banksianae McPherson, 1970 (jack pine tip beetle)
• Conophthorus cembroides Wood, 1972
• Conophthorus clunicus Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus conicolens Wood, 1977
• Conophthorus coniperda (Schwarz), 1895 (white pine cone beetle)
• Conophthorus contortae Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus delriomorai Rio Mora & Mayo (Wood in) , 1988
• Conophthorus echinatae Wood, 1978
• Conophthorus edulis Hopkins, 1915 (pinon cone beetle)
• Conophthorus flexilis Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus lambertianae Hopkins, 1915 (sugar pine cone beetle)
• Conophthorus mexicanus Wood, 1962
• Conophthorus michoacanae Wood, 1980
• Conophthorus monophyllae Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus monticolae Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus ponderosae Hopkins, 1915 (lodgepole cone beetle)
• Conophthorus radiatae Hopkins, 1915 (Monterey pine cone beetle)
• Conophthorus resinosae Hopkins, 1915 (red pine cone beetle)
• Conophthorus schwerdtfegeri Schedl, 1955
• Conophthorus scopulorum Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus taedae Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus teocotum Wood, 1980
• Conophthorus terminalis Flores & Bright, 1987
• Conophthorus virginianae Hopkins, 1915