EPPO Global Database

Listronotus bonariensis(HYROBO)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1993: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1962
From CABI Pest map 581 (1998): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
NPPO of Australia (1992): widespread in Victoria, restricted distribution in Western Australia (Perth only) since 1980s, New South Wales since 1962, Tasmania since 1978, South Australia. Absent from Queensland.
References
* Chadwick CE (1963) Occurrence of the Argentine stem weevil in New South Wales. Australian Journal of Science 26, 91-92.

* Hardy RJ, Terauds A, Rapley PEL, Williams MA, Ireson JE, Miller LA, Brieze-Stegeman R, McQuillan PB (1979) Insect pest occurrences in Tasmania, 1977/78. In: Insect Pest Survey, Tasmanian Department of Agriculture No. 11, 34 pp.

* NPPO of Australia (1992)