Euwallacea fornicatus

Euwallacea fornicatus
Adult female of E. fornicatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Euwallacea
Species:
E. fornicatus
Binomial name
Euwallacea fornicatus
(Eichhoff, 1868)
Species in the complex

Tea shot hole borer clade a
Tea shot hole borer clade b
Polyphagous shot hole borer
Kuroshio shot hole borer

Euwallacea fornicatus, also known as tea shot-hole borer, or polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB) is a species complex consisting of multiple cryptic species of ambrosia beetles known as an invasive species in California, Israel, South Africa, and Australia. The species has also been unintentionally introduced into exotic greenhouses in several European countries.