Carphoborus rossicus
Local name: fårad bastborre
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Carphoborus rossicus faces severe pressure from widespread deforestation and forest fragmentation across its Scandinavian range, which destroys the mature coniferous forests essential for its bark beetle lifestyle. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering forest composition and potentially disrupting the species' synchronized relationship with its host trees. Industrial logging practices that remove dead and dying trees eliminate crucial breeding substrates for this specialized beetle.
Habitat
This bark beetle inhabits mature boreal and temperate coniferous forests, particularly those dominated by spruce and pine species. It requires dead or dying trees for breeding, making it dependent on natural forest disturbance cycles and the presence of suitable woody debris.
Other threatened species in Curculionidae
Threatened in Finland
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