Coccotrypes dactyliperda (Fabricius, 1801)
date stone beetle
on Phoenix, etc.
infected date (from Forbicioni ao)
parasite
Larvae in the seeds. Infected seeds drop to the ground..
host plants
Arecaceae, oligophagous
Chamaerops humilis; Howea forsteriana; Phoenix canariensis, dactylifera; Washingtonia filifera.
phenology
Bivoltien.
distribution within Europe
references
Comparini, Gallego, Núñez, ao (2018a), Duffy (1953a), Forbicioni, Abbazzi, Bellò ao (2019a), Gatti (2011a), Mifsud & Knížek (2009a), Ponel & Lemaire (0000a), Schedl (1980a), Spennemann (2018a).