Oryctes rhinoceros(ORYCRH)
Distribution details in Solomon Islands
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2021: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2015
First recorded in: 2015
Found in Honiara on the island of Guadalcanal in 2015.
* INTERNET (via PestLens 2015-01-29)
- Pagepitu A. Dangerous agricultural pest here. Solomon Star of 2015-01-21. http://solomonstarnews.com/news/national/5629-dangerous-agricultural-pest-here.
- SIBC News. Agriculture set up task force to hunt and destroy pest. Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) of 2015-01-19. http://www.sibconline.com.sb/agriculture-set-up-task-force-to-hunt-and-destroy-pest/.
- SIBC News. World’s most dangerous coconut beetle now in Solomons. Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) of 2015-01-17. http://www.sibconline.com.sb/worlds-most-dangerous-coconut-beetle-now-in-solomons/
* 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.
- Pagepitu A. Dangerous agricultural pest here. Solomon Star of 2015-01-21. http://solomonstarnews.com/news/national/5629-dangerous-agricultural-pest-here.
- SIBC News. Agriculture set up task force to hunt and destroy pest. Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) of 2015-01-19. http://www.sibconline.com.sb/agriculture-set-up-task-force-to-hunt-and-destroy-pest/.
- SIBC News. World’s most dangerous coconut beetle now in Solomons. Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) of 2015-01-17. http://www.sibconline.com.sb/worlds-most-dangerous-coconut-beetle-now-in-solomons/
* 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.