Hypothenemus crudiae (Panzer, 1791)

Beaver, Roger A., Ghahari, Hassan & Sanguansub, Sunisa, 2016, An annotated checklist of Platypodinae and Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4098 (3), pp. 401-441 : 404

Hypothenemus crudiae (Panzer, 1791)

Material examined. East Azarbaijan province, Maragheh, 37°23′N 46°24′E, 1♀, 12.ix.2011. New record for Iran. General distribution. Circumtropical and subtropical. Probably of American origin ( Wood 2007), but widely spread through human activity.

Biology. Like most species of Hypothenemus , the species is polyphagous, attacking a wide range of trees and shrubs (Vega et al. 2015). It breeds not only in twigs and small branches, but also in seedpods, seeds and fruits ( Wood 2007). The new Iranian record is from Corylus avellana (Betulaceae) .