Euwallacea fornicatus | |
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Adult female of E. fornicatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Euwallacea |
Species: | E. fornicatus
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Binomial name | |
Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff, 1868)
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Species in the complex | |
Tea shot hole borer clade a |
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.