Euwallacea fornicatior

TaxID: 2745529

Basic Information

Euwallacea fornicatior

Tea Shot Hole Borer Clade B

Euwallacea fornicatus, also known as tea shot-hole borer (TSHB), or polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB) is a species complex consisting of multiple cryptic species of ambrosia beetles known as an invasive species in California, Israel, South Africa, and Australia. The species has also been unintentionally introduced into exotic greenhouses in several European countries.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Curculionidae

Euwallacea

fornicatior

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Morphological Features

Elytra length 1.41–1.45 mm, pronotum length 1.01–1.05 mm; pronotum width 1–1.04 mm, elytra width 0.48–0.52 mm. Protibia with 6 or 7 socketed denticles on the margin. Some specimens have elytra length 1.55–1.67 mm, pronotum length 1.08–1.14 mm, pronotum width 1.05–1.11 mm, elytra width 0.51–0.55 mm, and protibia with 8 or 9 socketed denticles.

Source: GBIF (synonym→accepted) Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
Citation:

Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (4 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United Kingdom Quarantine pest 2020

Distribution (10 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
China Present
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
Sri Lanka Present —
Malaysia Present
Philippines Present —
Papua New Guinea Present —
Singapore Present —
Thailand Present —
Taiwan, China Present —

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature