Trogoderma versicolor

(Creutzer, 1799)

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Ηabitat

J1 Buildings

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Establishment status

Unknown

Establishment status detail

Cryptogenic:

Impacts

Negative

Infesting stored wheat (Georghiou 1977); is a pest of stored grain (Morris 1937).

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Food contaminant – Food

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.