Epuraea (Haptoncus) Yes () Yes. NSW, NT, Qld Assessment not required Assessment not Assessment not No ocularis Fairmaire, 1849 (). required required Synonyms: Epuraea ocularis (Fairmaire, 1849); Haptoncus ocularis Fairmaire [Nitidulidae] Pineapple sap beetle Phenolia (Lasiodites) Yes () No records found No. is little specific information on L. Assessment not Assessment not No picta (MacLeay, 1825) pictus. This species has been found in rotting required required mango fruits (). Not known to attack fresh Synonym: Lasiodactylus fruit. No records of association with pictus MacLeay, 1825 pineapple fruit have been found. [Nitidulidae] Oryctes rhinoceros Yes () No records found No. Oryctes rhinoceros has been recorded as a Assessment not Assessment not No Linnaeus, 1758 pest of pineapple (; ). However, eggs are required required laid in rotting plant material, which is [Scarabaeidae] unlikely to be exported, and larvae feed on Coconut rhinoceros the material around the site of oviposition. beetle Adults grow up to 50 millimetres long () and are likely to be noticed and removed during harvest and packaging. Tribolium castaneum Yes () Yes. ACT, NSW, NT, No. Tribolium castaneum has been previously Assessment not Assessment not No (Herbst, 1797) Qld, SA, Tas., Vic., recorded as a pest of pineapple (). However, required required WA (). this species is mostly associated with grain [Tenebrionidae] and stored commodities (), and attacked fruit Regulated as a Red flour beetle tends to be stored and/or dried fruit, not Declared Organism freshly harvested fruit (). Therefore, this (Prohibited (s12)) species is not likely to be found on fresh of WA Biosecurity pineapples from Taiwan. and Agriculture Management Act (2007) (). Diptera
Epuraea (Haptoncus) ocularis Fairmaire, 1849 Synonyms: Epuraea ocularis (Fairmaire, 1849); Haptoncus ocularis Fairmaire [Nitidulidae] Pineapple sap beetle Yes () Yes. NSW, NT, Qld (). Assessment not required Assessment not required Assessment not required No Phenolia (Lasiodites) picta (MacLeay, 1825) Synonym: Lasiodactylus pictus MacLeay, 1825 [Nitidulidae] Yes () No records found No. is little specific information on L. pictus. This species has been found in rotting mango fruits (). Not known to attack fresh fruit. No records of association with pineapple fruit have been found. Assessment not required Assessment not required No Oryctes rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758 [Scarabaeidae] Coconut rhinoceros beetle Yes () No records found No. Oryctes rhinoceros has been recorded as a pest of pineapple (; ). However, eggs are laid in rotting plant material, which is unlikely to be exported, and larvae feed on the material around the site of oviposition. Adults grow up to 50 millimetres long () and are likely to be noticed and removed during harvest and packaging. Assessment not required Assessment not required No Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797) [Tenebrionidae] Red flour beetle Yes () Yes. ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas., Vic., WA (). Regulated as a Declared Organism (Prohibited (s12)) of WA Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act (2007) (). No. Tribolium castaneum has been previously recorded as a pest of pineapple (). However, this species is mostly associated with grain and stored commodities (), and attacked fruit tends to be stored and/or dried fruit, not freshly harvested fruit (). Therefore, this species is not likely to be found on fresh pineapples from Taiwan. Assessment not required Assessment not required No Diptera
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