“…The Eucalyptus snout‐beetle Gonipterus platensis Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), previously referred as G. scutellatus (see Mapondera, Burgess, Matsuki, & Oberprieler, ), native from Tasmania, is one of the most prominent defoliators of Eucalyptus plantations worldwide (Arzone, ; Cordero Rivera, Santolamazza Carbone, & Andrés, ; Hanks, Millar, Paine, & Campbell, ; Lanfranco & Dungey, ; Loch, ; Tooke, ). Currently, the weevil is present in four continents and twenty‐five countries, where eucalypts are cultivated for commercial and ornamental purposes (Jeger et al, ). Adults and larvae of G. platensis feed on leaves, buds and shoots, causing severe defoliation in susceptible trees, growth reduction and eventually killing branches (Tooke, ).…”