Coccotrypes dactyliperda
Common name (English)
Date stone beetle; Palm seed borer; Button beetle
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Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Questionable:
Impacts
Taken in date stones (Morris 1937); feeding on date stones (Georghiou 1977).
Pathway
Pathway detail
Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)
References
Morris HM (1937) Injurious insects of Cyprus. Agricultural Department of Cyprus, Bulletin 4 (Ent. Ser. ) 21 pp.
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.
Spennemann DHR (2019) Biology, ecology and distribution of the Date Stone Beetle, Coccotrypes dactyliperda (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Zoology in the Middle East 65(2): 163-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2019.1571743