Bug FAQHylastes opacus
Hylastes opacus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Curculionidae
Hylastes opacus is a crenulate bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. It occurs in both North America and Europe. Its native range also covers North America and Europe.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Hylastes opacus is a crenulate bark beetle in the family Curculionidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range includes North America and Europe.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 6 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Vermont, New York, Ohio, Kansas, Massachusetts, New Hampshire.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: introduced in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
Same family (Curculionidae)
Green Immigrant Leaf WeevilPolydrusus formosusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Black Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Nettle weevilPhyllobius pomaceusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Asian Oak WeevilCyrtepistomus castaneusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Strawberry Root WeevilOtiorhynchus ovatusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriDamages trees, gardens or cropsSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylastes_opacus
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Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.