Cryptamorpha desjardinsi (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)

Majka, Christopher G., 2008, The flat bark beetles (Coleoptera, Silvanidae, Cucujidae, Laemophloeidae) of Atlantic Canada, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 221-238 : 225

Cryptamorpha desjardinsi (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)

NOVA SCOTIA: Kings Co.: Kentville , 22. III. 2002, D.H. Webster, in imported bok choy, (1, DHWC) .

In Nova Scotia Cryptamorpha desjardinsi was intercepted in bok choy, probably imported from the United States. Th ere is no evidence that the species is established. Th is species is native to tropical Asia and is now established in Florida and Alabama in the United States (Th omas 1993, 2002a). It is associated with plant molds and is found in sugarcane sheathes, on palmettos, on bananas, pineapples, and similar plants. Adults and larvae feed on sugarcane smut, Ustilago scitaminea Syd. ( Thomas 1993) .