EPPO Global Database

Platypus quercivorus(PLTPQU)

Distribution details in Japan (Kyushu)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2007/070) : vector of Raffaelea quercivora which causes mass mortality of oaks (in Japan only).
References
* Kobayashi M, Ueda A (2002) Preliminary study of mate choice in Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 37(3), 451-457.

* Kusumoto D, Masuya H, Hirao T, Goto H, Hamaguchi K, Chou W-I, Suasa-ard W, Buranapanichpan S, Uraichuen S, Kern-asa O, Sanguansub S, Panmongkol A, Quang TP, Kahono S, Julistiono H, Kamata N (2014) Discoloration induced by Raffaelea quercivora isolates in Quercus serrata logs and its relation to phylogeny: a comparison among isolates with and without the Japanese oak wilt incidence including outside of Japan. Journal of Forest Research 19(4), 404-410.