SINCE 1828
Scolytus
noun
Scol·y·tus
| \-lətəs\
Definition of Scolytus
: the type genus of Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles of which some are destructive to economically important plants and one (S. multistriatus) is a vector of the fungus that causes Dutch elm disease
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