Carpophilus hemipterus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

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Common name (English)

Dried-fruit beetle

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1870

Impacts

Negative

On apple, watermelon (Georghiou 1977); Pest of dried fruit (Morris 1937).

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Food contaminant – Food

Pathway detail

CBD pathway per EASIN (2023).

References

Baudi di Selve F (1870) Coleopterorum messis in insula Cypro et Asia minore ab Eugenio Truqui congregate recensitio: de Europaeis notis quibusdam additis. Pars tertia. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 14: 49–70.

Morris HM (1937) Injurious insects of Cyprus. Agricultural Department of Cyprus, Bulletin 4 (Ent. Ser. ) 21 p.

Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens Greece 347 pp.

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/