EPPO Global Database

Xyleborus glabratus(XYLBGR)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Cinnamomum camphora (CINCA) Host
* Hulcr J, Lou QZ (2013) The redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) prefers Lauraceae in its native range: records from the Chinese National Insect Collection. Florida Entomologist 96(4), 1595-1596.
Cinnamomum osmophloeum (CINOS) Host
* Hulcr J, Lou QZ (2013) The redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) prefers Lauraceae in its native range: records from the Chinese National Insect Collection. Florida Entomologist 96(4), 1595-1596.
------- only observed as a host in Taiwan only.
Laurus nobilis (LURNO) Host
Leucaena (1LUAG) Host
Lindera latifolia (LIELA) Host
Lithocarpus (1LIAG) Host
Litsea elongata (LISEL) Host
Machilus nanmu (MCHNA) Host
* Hulcr J, Lou QZ (2013) The redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) prefers Lauraceae in its native range: records from the Chinese National Insect Collection. Florida Entomologist 96(4), 1595-1596.
Persea americana (PEBAM) Host
* Brar GS, Capinera JL, Kendra PE, McLean S, Peña JE (2013) Life cycle, development, and culture of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Florida Entomologist 96(3), 1158-1167.
Persea borbonia (PEBBO) Host
* Brar GS, Capinera JL, Kendra PE, McLean S, Peña JE (2013) Life cycle, development, and culture of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Florida Entomologist 96(3), 1158-1167.
Persea palustris (PEBPA) Host
* Brar GS, Capinera JL, Kendra PE, McLean S, Peña JE (2013) Life cycle, development, and culture of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Florida Entomologist 96(3), 1158-1167.
Picea asperata (PIEAS) Host
* Hulcr J, Lou QZ (2013) The redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) prefers Lauraceae in its native range: records from the Chinese National Insect Collection. Florida Entomologist 96(4), 1595-1596.
Sassafras albidum (SSAAL) Host
* Brar GS, Capinera JL, Kendra PE, McLean S, Peña JE (2013) Life cycle, development, and culture of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Florida Entomologist 96(3), 1158-1167.
Schima superba (SHMSU) Host
* Hulcr J, Lou QZ (2013) The redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) prefers Lauraceae in its native range: records from the Chinese National Insect Collection. Florida Entomologist 96(4), 1595-1596.
Shorea (1SHOG) Host
Ocotea heribertoi (OCOHE) Experimental
* Kendra PE, Guillén L, Tabanca N, Montgomery WS, Schnell EQ, Deyrup MA, Cloonan KR (2023) Risk assessment of Hass avocado and Mexican Lauraceae for attack by redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Agricultural and Forest Entomology 25( 2), 285–302. 
------- very attractive in experiments.