Anisandrus dispar (Fabricius, 1792)

Beaver, Roger A., Ghahari, Hassan & Sanguansub, Sunisa, 2016, An annotated checklist of Platypodinae and Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4098 (3), pp. 401-441 : 422

Anisandrus dispar (Fabricius, 1792)

Distribution in Iran. Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, Hamadan, Isfahan, Khorasan, Markazi, Tehran, Zanjan ( Modarres Awal 1997), Golestan ( Samin et al. 2011), Guilan ( Borumand 1998; Samin et al. 2011), Mazandaran ( Modarres Awal 1997; Samin et al. 2011), Iran (no locality cited) ( Knížek 2011).

General distribution. Europe, through Russia and Central Asia to China and Japan. Introduced into North America .

Biology. Anisandrus dispar has been recorded from many host species in numerous families ( Wood & Bright 1992). In Iran, it is recorded from Betula pendula (Betulaceae) , Quercus sp. ( Fagaceae ), Cydonia oblonga , Malus orientalis , Persica vulgaris , Prunus armeniaca , Pyrus communis (Rosaceae) , Populus nigra (Salicaceae) , Acer sp. ( Sapindaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997). The biology of the species is described by Palm (1959), Chararas (1962), Egger (1973), and French and Roeper (1975). Speranza et al. (2009) examine the effects of temperature and rainfall on flight activity. Like many xyleborines, the species is attracted to ethanol ( Saruhan & Akyol 2012; Galko et al. 2014). It is an important pest of hazel ( Corylus avellana ) ( Betulaceae ) in the Mediterranean area (e.g. Bucini et al. 2005; Saruhan & Akyol 2012), and an occasional pest of fruit trees in the USA (Wood 1982).