Ips avulsus

Ips avulsus, the small southern pine engraver, is a species of typical bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. The pheromones ipsenol, ipsdienol, and lanieron combined attract the most colonization in the host material in regards to the chemical ecology of the small southern pine engraver, which also effects their reproduction processes.^[1][2][3]

Ips avulsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Ips
Species:	I. avulsus
Binomial name
Ips avulsus (Eichhoff, 1868)