EPPO Global Database

Cnestus mutilatus(XYLSMU)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1999
Comments
Originating from Asia. First found in Mississippi (county of Oktibbeha) in 1999. It was then found in Louisiana and other southeastern states.
References
* Barringer LE (2024) First record of the Camphor Shot Borer, Cnestus mutilatus (Blandford) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), in Massachusetts" (2024). Insecta Mundi 1588. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/1588

* Gomez DF, Rabaglia RJ, Fairbanks KEO, Hulcr J (2018) North American Xyleborini north of Mexico: a review and key to genera and species (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae). ZooKeys 768, 19–68. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.768.24697

* Leavengood Jr JM (2013) First record of the camphor shot borer, Cnestus mutilatus (Blandford 1894), (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) in Kentucky. Insecta Mundi 0308, 1-3.

* NAPPO News Story of 2002-06-07.
------- Present, few occurrences.

* Olatinwo R, Streett D, Carlton C (2014) Habitat suitability under changing climatic conditions for the exotic Ambrosia beetle, Cnestus mutilatus (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) in the Southeastern United States. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 107(4), 782-788.