Wallacellus similis (Ferrari)

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110. Wallacellus similis (Ferrari)

Xyleborus similis Ferrari, 1867: 23 .

Distribution: Throughout the Oriental region from the Indian subcontinent through southeast Asia and Indonesia to New Guinea, Australia and the Pacific islands; tropical Africa, Indian Ocean islands. Imported and established but apparently not invasive in the U.S.A. ( Haack 2006). [6]

Hosts: Strongly polyphagous ( Browne 1961; Schedl 1963).

Biology: The biology is described by Browne (1961), Kalshoven (1964) and Schedl (1963).

Taxonomy: Listed by Wood and Bright (1992) in Xyleborus , but transferred to Wallacellus by Hulcr and Cognato (2010).