Scientific name

 : Pityogenus scitus Blanford

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Origin

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India : Sibsagar (Assam), Northwest Himalayas and Suliman Mountains in Baluchistan (Pakistan)

Introduction

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Likely pathways of spread

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Forest of North-western Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir) to North eastern India (Assam)

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This beetle was first recorded in 1886 from Khasipine (Pinus kesiya), Sibsagar (Assam) and later appeared in epidemic form on Pinus wallichiana (Kail) forests in the state of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
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