EPPO Global Database

Xylosandrus compactus(XYLSCO)

Distribution details in New Zealand

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2003: Absent, unreliable record
From CABI Pest map 244 (1997): Present, no details
Comments
Brockerhoff et al. (2003) consider that the record of X. compactus in New Zealand (given in Wood & Bright, 1992) is probably incorrect as there are no reports of breeding populations from New Zealand.
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.