EPPO Global Database

Shorea robusta(SHORO)

Pests

Organism Type
Lymantria mathura (LYMAMA) Host
* Choudhury RN, Singh RB, Mishra RK (2020) Occurrence of Lymantria mathura in sal forests of Odisha. Van Sangyan 7(10), 27-31.

* Kumar Kaustubh, Rahul Joshi, Hassan SMM (2022) Report of occurrence of Lymantria mathura (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from Saranda Forest Division, Jharkhand, India. Acta Entomology and Zoology 3(1), 30-33. https://doi.org/10.33545/27080013.2022.v3.i1a.61

* Roonwal ML (1979) Field-ecological studies on mass eruption, seasonal life-history, nocturnal feeding and activity rhythm, and protective behavior and coloration in the sal defoliator, Lymantria mathura (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), in sub-Himalayan forests. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 75, 209-236.
------- Highly suitable host plant in India (severe attacks).

* Singh AP (2021) Insect Pests of Western Himalayan Oaks in Uttarakhand. Forest Research Institute (ICFRE), Dehradun, India, pp 338.
Xyleborus glabratus (XYLBGR) Host
* Beeson CFC (1961) The ecology and control of the forest insects of India and the neighbouring countries Edition 2. Government of India, New Delhi. 767 pp.

* Rabaglia RJ, Dole SA, Cognato AI (2006) Review of American Xyleborina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) occurring North of Mexico, with an illustrated key. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99, 1034-1056.
------- citing Wood SL, Bright DE (1992) A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2: Taxonomic index, volumes A and B. Great Basin Nat. Mem. No. 13.

------- some authors consider host records on non-Lauraceae as dubious or representing an uncommon behaviour of the species (EPPO datasheet; Hulcr & Lou, 2013). (note added 2025-07).
Xylosandrus crassiusculus (XYLBCR) Host
* Wood SL, Bright DE (1992) A catalogue of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera). Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs no. 13. Part 2: Taxonomic Index, volume A, p 791.