Scolytus multistriatus

Scolytus multistriatus, the European elm bark beetle or smaller European elm bark beetle, is a bark beetle species in the genus Scolytus. In Europe, while S. multistriatus acts as vector of the Dutch elm disease, caused by the Ascomycota Ophiostoma ulmi, it is much less effective than the large elm bark beetle, S. scolytus.

Scolytus multistriatus
Scolytus multistriatus lateral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Scolytus
Species:	S. multistriatus
Binomial name
Scolytus multistriatus (Marsham, 1802)
Synonyms
Ips multistriatus

S. multistriatus uses vanillin and syringaldehyde as signals to find a host tree during oviposition.^[1]

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  Scolytus multistriatus, larvae imprint in Ulmus glabra
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