Ips subelongatus

Ips subelongatus, also known as larch [bark beetle] or oblong bark beetle, is a species of bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. It is considered near indistinguishable from Ips cembrae except for the species of tree it chooses as a host and through DNA analysis. The species of tree it dwells in are larches Larix sibirica, Larix gmelinii, Larix leptolepis and Larix gmelinii [var. olgensis|Larix gmelinii var. olgensis]. The beetle is found in the Asian part of Russia, Northeast China, Japan, the Korean peninsula, and Mongolia.