Pests, Thailand

October 2003. A request for information on the insect pests of seeds and pulp of sweet tamarind in Thailand.

In Thailand, the following insect species have been recorded feeding on seed/pod of tamarind, not differentiated between regular and sour or sweet tamarind:

1. Caryodon serratus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) – seed boring grub
2. Cryptophlebia ombrodelta Lower (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) – pod borer
3. Pachymerus gonager (gonagra?) F. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) – seed boring grub (Thailand); pod boring grub (India)
4. Sinoxylon crassumum Lesne (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) – pod boring grub
5. Sitophilus (Calandra) linearis (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).