Coccotrypes cyperi


Coccotrypes cyperi, commonly known as seed borer, is a species of weevil with a cosmopolitan distribution.

Distribution

Native range of the species is South east Asia. It is found in Myanmar, India, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Sweden, Seychelles, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panamá, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, México, United States, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Micronesia, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Saint Vicente and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, US Virgin Islands, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
It is introduced to USA in the early 1900s particularly due to imported bird seeds and avocado seeds.

Biology

After mating, adult beetle breeds in fruits, seeds, petioles, phloem, twigs, under bark of branches and logs. Particularly a seed borer, grubs are bore into the soft tissues. Both adult and the larva are polyphagous and has been reported from about 50 host plant species. In 2013 and 2015, it has been intercepted, in Cyprus on plants for planting of Ficus microcarpa from China.

Host plants

Aesculus punchuanaAglaia spectabilisApeiba tibourbouArtocarpus lacuchaAttalea vitrivirBombax ceibaBorassus flabelliferCalophyllum inophyllumCalophyllum calabaCanarium strictumCarallia brachiataCassia arabicaCecropia insignisCecropia obtusifoliaCecropia peltataCeiba pentandraCoffeaCynometra hemitomophyllaDipterocarpus retususElaeocarpus oblongusEschweilera biflavaEugenia formosaEuterpe oleraceaFicus glomerataFicus retusaGluta travancoricaGustavia brachycarpaLonchocarpus macrophyllusLuehea seemanniiMacadamia indicaMacaranga denticulataMammea americanaMangifera indicaMyrica galeOenocarpus batauaPentadesma butyraceaPersea americanaPhytelephas macrocarpaPinus caribaeaPinus kesiyaPouteria multifloraPronia copaiferRhizophora mangleSandoricum koetjapeScheelea basslerianaSloanea berteroanaSpondias mombinSwietenia macrophyllaSwintonia floribundaTerminalia myriocarpaTheobroma cacaoVateria indica