EPPO Global Database

Platypus quercivorus(PLTPQU)

Distribution details in India

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2007: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2007/070) : vector of Raffaelea quercivora which causes mass mortality of oaks (in Japan only).
References
* Beaver R A, Shih HsienTzung (2003) Checklist of Platypodidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from Taiwan. Plant Protection Bulletin (Taipei) 45(1), 75-90.

* Kobayashi M, Ueda A (2002) Preliminary study of mate choice in Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 37(3), 451-457.

* Wood SL, Bright DE (1992) A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2: Taxonomic index. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs 13, 1-1553.
------- West Bengal.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
China Present, restricted distribution view...
China Guangdong Present, no details view...
China Yunnan Present, no details view...