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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Spiders, Insects, and Crustaceans - Arthropoda
    - Class - Insects - Insecta
      - Order - Beetles - Coleoptera
        
        Family - Bark Beetles - Curculionidae
        
        Species - Lodgepole Pine Beetle - Dendroctonus murrayanae

Lodgepole Pine Beetle - Dendroctonus murrayanae

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Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR

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- Gustafson, D. L. 1990. Ecology of aquatic insects in the Gallatin River drainage. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 194 p.
- Hilty, S.L. 2020. Characterizing summer roosts of male little brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus) in lodgepole pine-dominated forests. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 70 p.
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Citation for data on this website:
Lodgepole Pine Beetle — Dendroctonus murrayanae. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on November 3, 2025, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IICOL6U040