A network that helps people worldwide obtain rapid advice and information on crop protection, including the identification and management of plant pests.
PestNet is a network that helps people worldwide obtain rapid advice and information on crop protection, including the identification and management of plant pests. It started in 1999. Anyone with an interest in plant protection is welcome to join. PestNet is free and is moderated, ensuring that messages are confined to plant protection.
March 2016. An identification was required for this beetle from stored cassava in Binh Dinh Province (south central coast) of Vietnam.
From Chris Reid, a Pestnet Associate at the Australian Museum: it is Platycotylus nitidulus (Macleay) (family Tenebrionidae, tribe Palorini). It is very distinctive in Tenebrionidae because of its pronotal shape, long antennae, flat body, prominent eyes. It is probably an Australian species that has entered Southeast Asia.
