EPPO Global Database

Octodonta nipae(OCTDNI)

Distribution details in China (Guangdong)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2003: Absent, unreliable record
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/031) : found on Washingtonia filifera imported from Guandong province, but these is no data to substantiate the possible occurrence of O. nipae in Guangdong.
References
* Sun JH, Yu PY, Zhang YZ, Wang XJ (2003) A new invasive coconut pest in Hainan Province. Entomological Knowledge 40(3), 286-287 (abst.).
------- Hainan (introduced on material imported from Guangdong province).