Xyleborus saxeseni (Ratzeburg, 1837) (lesser shot-hole borer)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collecctions
Introduced from Europe
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Scolytinae
Tribe: Xyleborini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 2
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TFIC material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Panel trapping — Pitfall trapping.
