EPPO Global Database

Oryctes rhinoceros(ORYCRH)

Distribution details in American Samoa

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1912
From CABI Pest map 054 (1998): Present, no details
References
* Paudel S, Mansfield S, Villamizar FL, Jackson TA, Marshall SDG (2021) Can biological control overcome the threat from newly invasive coconut rhinoceros beetles populations (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)? A review. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 114(2), 247-256.
--------- First recorded in 1912.

* Tauili'ili, P.; Vargo, A. M. (1993) Micronesica No. 4 Suppl., 57-60.

* Wanatabe S, Melzer MJ (2017) A multiplex-PCR assay for differentiating coconut rhinoceros beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Oriental flower beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in early life stages and excrement. Journal of Economic Entomology 110(2), 678-682.