Potential for Potential for Pest risk Present in Present within establishment economic assessment Pest Taiwan Australia Potential to be on pathway and spread consequences required ARTHROPODS Coleoptera Adoretus sinicus Yes () No records found No. Adoretus sinicus has been recorded Assessment not Assessment not No Burmeister, 1855 feeding on pineapple roots (). No records of required required association with pineapple fruit have been [Scarabaeidae] found. Chinese rose beetle Anomala expansa (Bates, Yes () No records found No. Anomala expansa was mentioned as a Assessment not Assessment not No 1866) pest that attacked only the roots of pineapple required required in Taiwan (). No other records of an [Scarabaeidae] association with pineapple fruit have been Taiwanese bronze scarab found. Araecerus fasciculatus Yes () Yes. NSW (). No. Araecerus fasciculatus has been found in Assessment not Assessment not No (De Geer, 1775) pineapple-growing areas (). The larvae of required required Regulated as a this species bore into seeds and tubers and [Anthribidae] Declared Organism are major pests of stored commodities (), (Prohibited (s12)) Cocoa weevil however, no records of an association with of WA Biosecurity pineapple have been found. and Agriculture Management Act (2007) (). Epuraea luteola Erichson, Yes () Uncertain; two No. There is little specific information on E. Assessment not Assessment not No 1843 records in northern luteola, however, it is known to be a pest of required required NSW from 1955 and dried and decaying fruit (; ; ) and is not Synonyms: Epuraea five records in known to be associated with fresh fruit. (Haptoncus) luteolus Christmas Island Erichson, 1843; from 1989 (). Haptoncus luteolus Erichson, 1843 [Nitidulidae] Yellowbrown sap beetle
Pest Present in Taiwan Present within Australia Potential to be on pathway Potential for establishment and spread Potential for economic consequences Pest risk assessment required ARTHROPODS Coleoptera Adoretus sinicus Burmeister, 1855 [Scarabaeidae] Chinese rose beetle Yes () No records found No. Adoretus sinicus has been recorded feeding on pineapple roots (). No records of association with pineapple fruit have been found. Assessment not required Assessment not required No Anomala expansa (Bates, 1866) [Scarabaeidae] Taiwanese bronze scarab Yes () No records found No. Anomala expansa was mentioned as a pest that attacked only the roots of pineapple in Taiwan (). No other records of an association with pineapple fruit have been found. Assessment not required Assessment not required No Araecerus fasciculatus (De Geer, 1775) [Anthribidae] Cocoa weevil Yes () Yes. NSW (). Regulated as a Declared Organism (Prohibited (s12)) of WA Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act (2007) (). No. Araecerus fasciculatus has been found in pineapple-growing areas (). The larvae of this species bore into seeds and tubers and are major pests of stored commodities (), however, no records of an association with pineapple have been found. Assessment not required Assessment not required No Epuraea luteola Erichson, 1843 Synonyms: Epuraea (Haptoncus) luteolus Erichson, 1843; Haptoncus luteolus Erichson, 1843 [Nitidulidae] Yellowbrown sap beetle Yes () Uncertain; two records in northern NSW from 1955 and five records in Christmas Island from 1989 (). No. There is little specific information on E. luteola, however, it is known to be a pest of dried and decaying fruit (; ; ) and is not known to be associated with fresh fruit. Assessment not required Assessment not required No