Orthotomicus suturalis (Gyllenhal, 1827)

Beaver, Roger A., Ghahari, Hassan & Sanguansub, Sunisa, 2016, An annotated checklist of Platypodinae and Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4098 (3), pp. 401-441 : 413

Orthotomicus suturalis (Gyllenhal, 1827)

Distribution in Iran. Guilan ( Samin et al. 2011).

General distribution. Throughout Europe, Azerbaijan, Israel, Kazakhstan, Turkey, through Russia to northern China, Korea, Japan.

Biology. The species breeds primarily in Pinus and Picea , less frequently in Larix and Abies (Pinaceae) . Recorded in Iran from Pinus sylvestris ( Samin et al. 2011) . The biology and gallery system are described by Chararas (1962). Balachowsky (1949) and Yanovskij (1999) note outbreaks of the species in fire-damaged forests, but the species is not known to attack healthy trees.