Pine weevil

Application of methyl jasmonate reduces growth but increases chemical defence and resistance against Hylobius abietis in Scots pine seedlings.

(2015) determined the potential distribution of Hylobius abietis L.

Barredo JI, Strona G, Rigo D, Caudullo G, Stancanelli G, San-Miguel-Ayanz I (2015) Assessing the potential distribution of insect pests: case studies on large pine weevil (Hylobius abietis L) and horse-chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella) under present and future climate conditions in European forests.

Lofqvist, "Carvone and less volatile analogues as repellent and deterrent antifeedants against the pine weevil, Hylobius abietis," Journal of Applied Entomology, vol.

And they have been shown to function as olfactory chemoreceptors in several species of Coleoptera, such as Hylobius abietis L.

Zas R, Sampedro L, Prada E, Lombardero M, Femandez-Lopez J (2006) Fertilization increases Hylobius abietis L.

Reproductive development and maternal effects in the pine Hylobius abietis. Ecological Entomology 26: 655-61.

Nordlander, "A method for trapping Hylobius abietis (L.) with a standardized bair and its potential for forecasting seedling damage," Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, vol.

"Native insects are also responding to a changing and more suitable climate; the biggest killer of them all Hylobius abietis - a large weevil which causes massive damage to Sitka spruce - is developing much faster under a warming climate.

Scientists from the Forestry Research Unit at Forestry Commission Wales and Swansea University are using a cocktail of natural predators in a bid to stop the large pine weevil - hylobius abietis - from attacking picturesque woodlands.