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, monophagous

Howea forsteriana; Phoenix canariensis, dactylifera.

phenology

Bivoltien.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

references

Comparini, Gallego, Núñez, ao (2018a), Duffy (1953a), Forbicioni, Abbazzi, Bellò ao (2019a), Mifsud & Knížek (2009a), Ponel & Lemaire (0000a), Schedl (1980a), Spennemann (2018a).