Orthotomicus erosus ( Wollaston, 1857 )

Karagyan, Gayane, Kalashian, Mark, Ghrejyan, Tigran, Mazmanyan, Meri & Petrov, Аlexander, 2024, Annotated Checklist of Armenian Platypodinae and Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 5514 (1), pp. 41-65 : 52

39. * Orthotomicus erosus ( Wollaston, 1857)

Material. Tavush: Noyemberyan , 18.06.1984, M. Mardjanian leg. ; Yerevan, Botanical Garden , 18.07.1977, G. Harutyunian leg.

Distribution. Azores, Great Britain, Central and South Europe, Ukraine, Central and South European Russia, North Africa, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, China, Korea; introduced to Afrotropical and Nearctic Regions ( Knížek 2011b; Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017, 2023); reported by Stark (1952) from Caucasus and by Arnoldi et al. (1955) also from Transcaucasia without country data. Armenia: first record.

Hosts. In Armenia the host is unknown; living on Pinus and other conifers ( Stark 1952).