Coccotrypes carpophagus

Coccotrypes carpophagus is a species of typical bark beetle in the family Curculionidae.[1][2][3]

Coccotrypes carpophagus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Coccotrypes
Species:	C. carpophagus
Binomial name
Coccotrypes carpophagus (Hornung, 1842)

It is native to Africa but is now widely distributed in Asia, Australia, North America, Central America and South America.[4][5]

References

1. "Coccotrypes carpophagus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
2. "Coccotrypes carpophagus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
3. "Coccotrypes carpophagus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
4. Walker, K. (2006–2014). "palm seed borer (Coccotrypes carpophagus)". PaDIL. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
5. "Bark and Ambrosia Beetles Report". Bark and Ambrosia Beetles. Retrieved 2018-04-06.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.