EPPO Global Database

Pissodes nemorensis(PISONE)

Distribution details in South Africa

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Absent, unreliable record
Comments
According to Wondafrash et al. (2016) the Pissodes species which has been introduced into South Africa is not P. nemorensis, but an unrecognized species of the Pissodes strobi complex or a hybrid between P. strobi and P. nemorensis.
References
* Anon. (1980) Report for 1979-1980. Wattle Research Institute, South Africa 131 pp.

* Anon. (1984) Forest protection. Report for 1983-84, Wattle Research Institute, pp. 72-97. University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, pp 72-97.

* Gebeyehu S, Wingfield MJ (2003) Pine weevil Pissodes nemorensis: threat to South African pine plantations and options for control. South African Journal of Science 99, 531-536.

* Wondafrash M, Slippers B, Garnas J, Roux G, Foit J, Langor DW, Hurley BP (2016) Identification and genetic diversity of two invasive Pissodes spp. Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in their introduced range in the southern hemisphere. Biological invasions 18, 2283–2297.