European elm bark beetle

E4251

bark beetle beetle insect

The European elm bark beetle is a small wood-boring beetle known for spreading the fungal pathogen that causes Dutch elm disease, which has devastated elm populations in many regions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Scolytus multistriatus	2
European elm bark beetle canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T50231 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: European elm bark beetle
Context triple: [Dutch elm disease, hasVector, European elm bark beetle]

A. Dutch elm disease
Dutch elm disease is a devastating fungal infection spread by elm bark beetles that has killed millions of elm trees worldwide, particularly in Europe and North America.
B. Ophiostoma ulmi
Ophiostoma ulmi is a pathogenic fungus best known for causing the devastating tree epidemic known as Dutch elm disease.
C. American elm
The American elm is a large, deciduous North American tree species historically prized for its vase-shaped form and use as a prominent shade and street tree.
D. Ulmus
Ulmus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as elms, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their distinctive vase-shaped form and use in landscaping and timber.
E. Beaver
Beaver was one of the British ships in Boston Harbor whose tea cargo was destroyed during the Boston Tea Party protest in 1773.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: European elm bark beetle
Target entity description: The European elm bark beetle is a small wood-boring beetle known for spreading the fungal pathogen that causes Dutch elm disease, which has devastated elm populations in many regions.

A. Dutch elm disease
Dutch elm disease is a devastating fungal infection spread by elm bark beetles that has killed millions of elm trees worldwide, particularly in Europe and North America.
B. Ophiostoma ulmi
Ophiostoma ulmi is a pathogenic fungus best known for causing the devastating tree epidemic known as Dutch elm disease.
C. American elm
The American elm is a large, deciduous North American tree species historically prized for its vase-shaped form and use as a prominent shade and street tree.
D. Ulmus
Ulmus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as elms, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their distinctive vase-shaped form and use in landscaping and timber.
E. Beaver
Beaver was one of the British ships in Boston Harbor whose tea cargo was destroyed during the Boston Tea Party protest in 1773.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bark beetle ⓘ beetle ⓘ insect ⓘ
associatedDisease	Dutch elm disease ⓘ
binomialName	Scolytus multistriatus ⓘ linked to: European elm bark beetle
bodySize	small ⓘ
boringBehavior	creates galleries under bark ⓘ
class	Insecta ⓘ
commonName	European elm bark beetle ⓘ
controlMethod	insecticide treatment of elms ⓘ monitoring with pheromone traps ⓘ sanitation felling of infected elms ⓘ
diseaseCycleRole	primary vector of Dutch elm disease in many regions ⓘ
ecologicalRole	wood-boring insect ⓘ
economicImpact	costs of tree removal and replacement ⓘ loss of ornamental elms ⓘ
family	Curculionidae ⓘ
feedingHabit	phloem-feeding ⓘ
genus	Scolytus ⓘ linked to: Curculionidae
habitat	elm forests ⓘ urban elms ⓘ
hostGenus	Ulmus ⓘ
hostPlant	elm ⓘ
impact	devastates elm populations ⓘ
introducedTo	North America ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
lifeStage	adult ⓘ egg ⓘ larva ⓘ pupa ⓘ
nativeTo	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
order	Coleoptera ⓘ
overwintersAs	adult ⓘ larva ⓘ
phylum	Arthropoda ⓘ
reproductionSite	under elm bark ⓘ
spreads	Dutch elm disease ⓘ
subfamily	Scolytinae ⓘ linked to: Curculionidae
taxonRank	species ⓘ
threatTo	native elm species ⓘ urban trees ⓘ
transmissionMode	fungal spores carried in galleries ⓘ fungal spores carried on body ⓘ
vectorFor	Ophiostoma novo-ulmi ⓘ Ophiostoma ulmi ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch elm disease → hasVector → European elm bark beetle ⓘ

Ophiostoma ulmi → vector → Scolytus multistriatus ⓘ

linked to: European elm bark beetle

European elm bark beetle → binomialName → Scolytus multistriatus ⓘ