EPPO Global Database

Xyleborus pfeilii(XYLBPF)

Distribution details in New Zealand

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2003: Absent, invalid record
Comments
Wood and Bright (1992) mention X. pfeili as present in New Zealand but the original source of this record is not know and is probably incorrect (Brockerhoff et al., 2003).
References
* Brockerhoff EG, Knizek M, Bain J (2003) Checklist of indigenous and adventive bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) of New Zealand in interceptions of exotic species (1952-2000). New Zealand Entomologist 26, 29-44.

* Wood SL, Bright DE (1992) A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Part 2: Taxonomic index, Volumes A and B. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, 1553 pp.