EPPO Global Database

Scyphophorus acupunctatus(SCYPIN)

Distribution details in Greece

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2010: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2010
Comments
First found in May 2010 on ornamental Agave sp. planted in a hotel garden in Vouliagmeni, Attiki.
Also in Kriti.
References
* Gastouniotis G, Kakiopoulos G (2025) The rapid expansion of Sphenophorus venatus in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean, and notes on the west palearctic Sphenophorus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 68(1), 87-96. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.67.e143160
------- Kriti (Chania, on Agave plant)

* Kontodimas DC, Kallinikou E (2010) First record of the sisal weevil Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Greece. Entomologia Hellenica 19, 39-41.