''Ernobius mollis'', also known as the pine bark anobiid, pine knot borer, bark borer, or waney edge borer,
is a species of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
in the family
Ptinidae
Ptinidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Bostrichoidea. There are at least 220 genera and 2,200 described species in Ptinidae worldwide. The family includes spider beetles and deathwatch beetles.
The Ptinidae family species are hard ...
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Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species ''Ernobius mollis'':
* ''Ernobius mollis espanoli'' Johnson, 1975 g
* ''Ernobius mollis mollis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
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Ptinidae
Beetles described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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