Lyctus africanus Lesne, 1907: 302 .

Distribution in mainland China: GD, GX, SC, YN, ZJ (Hua 2002).

Outside distribution: Turkey, Israel, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Thailand, Japan, Papua New Guinea. This is a rather pan-tropical species trending towards a cosmopolitan distribution. Introduced to Africa, Madagascar, Australia, USA. (Liu & Geis 2019)

Biology. The species is polyphagous. Lesne (1924) listed Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. ( Malvaceae), Havardia albicans (Kunth) Britton & Rose and Albizzia spp. (Fabaceae) as host plants in Africa. Beeson & Bhatia (1937) listed more than eighty-five host-plants in India. Gerberg (1957) and Cymorek (1961) recorded it from Glycyrrhiza glabra L. ( Fabaceae) and other dry roots. Iwata (1982) added Morus alba L. ( Moraceae) as a host plant in Japan.