EPPO Global Database

Dendroctonus frontalis(DENCFR)

Distribution details in Honduras

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 634 (2002): Present, no details
Comments
Native.

Gomez et al. (2020): killed more than 580,000 ha in the last twenty years during unprecedented outbreaks.
References
* Armendáriz-Toledano F, Zúñiga G (2017) Illustrated key to species of genus Dendroctonus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) occurring in Mexico and Central America. Journal of Insect Science, 17(2), 34. http://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iex009

* Coyne, J. F.; Critchfield, W. B. (1974) Turrialba 24 (3), 327-331.

* FAO (2010) Comision Forestal para America Latina y el Caribe. Sanidad forestal en el contexto del Cono Sur de America Latina (Ciudad de Guatemala, GT, 2010-05-24/28), 4 pp.
------- Damage reported on 500 ha.

* Gomez DF, Sathyapala S, Hulcr J (2020). Towards sustainable forest management in Central America: review of Southern Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann) outbreaks, their causes, and solutions. Forests 11(2), 173.

* Macias Samano, J. E.; Green, D.-E.; Sosa, O.; Garcia, S.; Hilje, L. (2001) Revista Forestal Centroamericana No. 34, 90-92.

* Moser, J. C.; Wilkinson, R. C.; Clark, E. W. (1974) Turrialba 24 (4), 379-381.

* Wood, S. L. (1974) Great Basin Naturalist 34 (4), 277-290.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
El Salvador Present, no details view...
Guatemala Present, no details view...
Nicaragua Present, no details view...