Xyleborus affinis Eichhoffı 1867

Gillett, Conrad P. D. T., Honsberger, David & Rubinoff, Daniel, 2019, Rediscovery of the Hawaiian endemic bark beetle Xyleborus pleiades Samulesonı 1981 on Moloka‘iı with records of three new exotic bark beetles for the island (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini), Journal of Natural History 53 (23), pp. 1481-1490 : 1485

Xyleborus affinis Eichhoffı 1867 .

Length: 2.2 – 2.4 mm. Figure 4 (a). New island record for Moloka ‘ i.

2 females: Moloka ‘ i Island , TNC Kamakou Preserve, 21.1271; −156.9194, 1062 m, mixed mesic forest along roadside, Lindgren-funnel trap 8, set on Cheirodendron trigynum , 30. ix. – 12. x. 2018, leg. C.P.D.T. Gillett & D. Honsberger ( UHIM) .

25 females. Moloka ‘ i Island : Pālāʻau State Park campground, 21.1733; −157.0030, 488 m, exotic humid forest, attracted to electric light at approximately 19:00, 29. ix. 2018, leg. C.P.D. T. Gillett & D. Honsberger ( UHIM) .

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Figure 4. Exotic xyleborine bark beetles newly recorded in Moloka‘i. (a) Lateral view of female Xyleborus affinis collected at TNC Kamakou, Moloka‘i, 12 October 2018. Length: 2.67 mm. (b) Lateral view of female Xyleborinus saxesenii collectedat TNCKamakou,Moloka‘i,12 October2018.Length:2.18 mm.(c) Lateralview of female Xylosandrus crassiusculus collected at TNC Kamakou,Moloka‘i, 12 October 2018.Length:2.92 mm. Photographs by C.P.D.T. Gillett.