EPPO Global Database

Diocalandra frumenti(DIOCFR)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1977
From CABI Pest map 249 (2009): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2003/081) : Ryukyu islands only.

Also found in Chichijima Island (Ogasawara Islands (Bonin)) on ornamental coconut trees planted along a street.
References
* Kojima H, Kidokora H, Tsuru T (2017) First occurrence of the lesser coconut weevil, Diocalandra frumenti (Coleoptera, Dryophthoridae) in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Elytra 7(1), 239-240.
-------- On ornamental coconut trees in Chichijima Island (Ogasawara (Bonin)).

* Morimoto K (1985) Supplement to the check-list of the family Rhynchophoridae (Coleoptera) of Japan, with descriptions of a new genus and four new species. Esakia No. 23, 67-76.
------- First found in 1977 on Okinawa on palm trees (which originated from Taiwan).