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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Coccotrypes advena - Seed Borer

Coccotrypes advena - female Coccotrypes advena - female Coccotrypes advena Coccotrypes advena
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Scolytinae (Bark and Ambrosia Beetles)
Tribe Dryocoetini
Genus Coccotrypes (Palm Seed Borers)
Species advena (Seed Borer)
Explanation of Names
Coccotrypes advena Blandford 1894
Range
[FL]
Remarks
earliest record in our area: FL 1956(1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the United States: potential and current invaders
Haack R.A., Rabaglia R.J. 2013. In: Potential invasive pests of agricultural crops. Peña J.E., ed. CABI International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 48‒74.
2.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas