Scolytus mali (Bechstein, 1805)

Beaver, Roger A., Ghahari, Hassan & Sanguansub, Sunisa, 2016, An annotated checklist of Platypodinae and Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4098 (3), pp. 401-441 : 420

Scolytus mali (Bechstein, 1805)

Distribution in Iran. Guilan (Amini et al. 2012; Amini et al. 2013), generally distributed ( Modarres Awal 1997), Iran (no locality cited) ( Mifsud & Knížek 2009; Knížek 2011).

General distribution. Europe except for the Far North, North Africa, Turkey, Central Asia, Russia, China. Introduced into North America .

Biology. This species breeds in a range of trees, usually in the family Rosaceae , but also in Salicaceae and Ulmaceae ( Michalski 1973) . Recorded in Iran from Malus sp. ( Amini et al. 2013), Cotoneaster sp., Crataegus sp., Cydonia oblonga , Malus orientalis , Pyrus communis , Sorbus sp. ( Rosaceae ), Juglans regia (Juglandaceae) , Ulmus spp . ( Ulmaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997). The gallery system is described by Balachowsky (1949) and Michalski (1973). Further details of the biology, maturation feeding, sound production and behaviour are given by Rudinsky et al. (1978).