• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.56 no.1
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• pp.41-49
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• 2017

The community of xylophagous beetles belonging to Cerambycidae, Curculionidae and Scolytinae in Korean white pine, Pinus koraiensis Siebold & Zuccarini, forests was surveyed using Malaise traps in 2007. A total of 1,615 xylophagous beetles were collected, including 184 cerambycids from 15 species, 185 curculionids from 17 species, and 1,246 scolytid beetles from 6 species, of which the dominant species was the ambrosia beetle Xyleborus mutilatus Blandford. Ranked by order of population size, the wood-boring and bark beetle community in Korean white pine showed high dominance by one species of Scolytinae, suggesting the community had low biological diversity. Thinning in Korean white pine forests influenced on the abundance of bark and ambrosia beetles, whose populations in particular stands increased 1 year after thinning, and then decreased the following year.

• Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.167-171
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• 1995

To develope a microbial pesticide for the control of mulberry longicorn beetle, Apriona germari, Beauveria spp. were isolated from the infected Apriona germari larvae. The morphology of Beauveria spp. was observed by phase contrast and scanning electron microscope. In addition, the Beauveria spp. isolated from Apriona germari were identified by the random amplification of polymorphic DNA using polymerase chain reaction. The results showed that the Beauveria spp., SFB-1A and SFB-3A, isolated from Apriona germari were identified with B. bassiana and B. brongniartii, respectively, suggesting that the random amplification of polymorphic DNA is effective for the identification of Beauveria spp.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.53 no.2
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• pp.111-133
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• 2014

A revised checklist of host plants for 181 species belonging to 103 genera in six subfamilies of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) in Korea is provided on the basis of the results of field surveys and literature review. A total of 14 new cerambycid-host associations are confirmed and the Manchurian striped maple, Acer tegmentosum Maxim. (Aceraceae), is listed as a new host of the Asian longhorn beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky). The names of more than 170 host plants species belonging to 107 genera in 44 families are compiled. Among them, four families (Ulmaceae, Pinaceae, Fagaceae and Betulaceae) are confirmed as the main host families (more than 23%) of most of the cerambycid species. All invalid scientific names and Korean names of plants and cerambycids in the previous literature are corrected in the present paper.