Xylosandrus morigerus (Blandford)

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132. Xylosandrus morigerus (Blandford)

Xyleborus morigerus Blandford, 1894c: 264 .

Distribution: Native to the Indo-Malaysian region ( Wood 1977), but now almost circumtropical as a result of commerce. Recorded from Taiwan by Eggers (1939a), but not found since that time. The species was perhaps introduced, but did not become permanently established. [6]

Hosts: Strongly polyphagous ( Schedl 1963; Wood & Bright 1992).

Biology: The biology has been studied by Browne (1961) and Kalshoven (1961). These and other studies are reviewed by Schedl (1963) and Le Pelley (1968). The species has some economic importance as a pest of coffee ( Kalshoven 1961; Le Pelley 1968) and of other crop trees.