Notes on distribution and hosts of Hylesinus mexicanus (Wood) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), a pest on Olea europaea Linnaeus

Authors

Jesús Rómero Napoles, Colegio de PostgraduadosFollow
Thomas H. Atkinson, University of Texas at AustinFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

4-6-2012

Comments

Insecta Mundi 0222: 1-4

Published in 2012 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA. http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

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Abstract

Significant new host and distribution records are presented for Hylesinus mexicanus (Wood) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), including its pest potential on cultivated olives. Hylesinus mexicanus is similar to H. fasciatus LeConte and information presented here suggests that the distinctiveness of these two species needs to be re-examined.