EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: ASTYAT
• Preferred name: Astylus atromaculatus
• Authority: Blanchard

Originating from South America and introduced in the 1910s as a pollinator
in South Africa. Adults feed on pollen and larvae live in the soil and feed on
decaying plants.


Occasional pest: beetles may damage flowers and seeds;
larvae may feed on young plants. Adult beetles can be toxic (batrachotoxins)
to cattle when ingested in large numbers.





RS 2011/089