![]() ![]() Host plants for planting also provide a potential pathway. apicalis, have been intercepted with wooden logs in Japan. Whilst there are no records of interceptions of this species in the EU, platypodines are intercepted with solid wood packing material (SWPM) and Platypus species, but not P. apicalis is not known to have established outside of New Zealand although findings have been reported in Australia. Successful reproduction can occur inside a number of living tree species including Castanea sativa, Pinus spp. ![]() apicalis feeds within a wide range of live, often stressed trees, in dead or dying hardwood and softwood trees, and fallen or felled trees. The majority of its life cycle is spent inside tree wood, but it does not directly feed on plant tissue, instead larvae and adults feed on a symbiotic fungus (Sporothrix nothofagi which is pathogenic to Nothofagus spp.) vectored by adults and introduced when they bore tunnels into the host. apicalis is a polyphagous pest native to New Zealand. The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Platypus apicalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae), an ambrosia beetle, also known as a pinhole borer, for the EU territory. ![]()
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