Distribution, Pest Status and Fungal Associates of Euwallacea nr. fornicatus in Florida Avocado Groves.

Members of a complex of cryptic species, that correspond morphologically to the ambrosia beetle (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), were recently found attacking avocado ( Mill.) in Israel and California. In early 2016, an outbreak of another member of this species complex was detected infesting approximately 1500 avocado trees in an avocado orchard at Homestead, Florida.