Rhyzopertha dominica Fabricius, 1792

Ptinus fissicornis Marsham, 1802, Ptinus piceus Marsham, 1802, Rhyzopertha exiguous Walker, 1859, Rhyzopertha frumentaria Nordlinger, 1855, Rhyzopertha moderata Walker, 1859, Rhyzopertha pusilla Fabricius, 1798, Rhyzopertha rufa Hope, 1845
American wheat weevil, Australian wheat weevil, Lesser grain borer, Stored products pest, small grain eater, stored grain borer.

Declared Pest - s22(2)

Declared pests must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported, and may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms. They may also be subject to control and keeping requirements once within Western Australia.
Present

C3 - Management / Prohibited

Organisms that should have some form of management applied that will alleviate the harmful impact of the organism, reduce the numbers or distribution of the organism or prevent or contain the spread of the organism.
  • Applicable area(s):
  • Whole of state

Further action

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia [4]
Phylum:Arthropoda [5]
Class:Insecta [6]
Order:Coleoptera [7]
Family:Bostrichidae [8]
Genus:Rhyzopertha [9]
Species:dominica [10]

Author(s):

Fabricius, 1792

See also

Navigation

Return to organism search results [12]
Biosecurity and agriculture management homepage [13]

Links
[1] http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/iaquarantine/
[2] http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_2735_homepage.html
[3] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/form/biosecurity-contact-details
[4] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=%2A&classification=1
[5] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Arthropoda
[6] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Insecta
[7] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Coleoptera
[8] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Bostrichidae
[9] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Rhyzopertha
[10] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=dominica
[11] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/sites/gateway/files/BAM Decl s22 (Declared Pests).pdf
[12] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=dominica&per-page=20&sort-by=taxon&order-by=asc
[13] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/biosecurity-biosecurity-quarantinebiosecurity-governance

Source URL: https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms/120331?search_string=dominica&per-page=20&sort-by=taxon&order-by=asc
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