An annotated checklist of Platypodinae and Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Iran Author Beaver, Roger A. Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Sanguansub, Sunisa text Zootaxa 2016 4098 3 401 441 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.3.1 8770e7d9-65f4-4cee-a935-a5f365a95f32 1175-5326 258895 00F1BDB5-AB25-47A0-B789-2E05D2E683DE Scolytus mali (Bechstein, 1805) Distribution in Iran . Guilan (Amini et al . 2012; Amini et al . 2013 ), generally distributed ( Modarres Awal 1997 ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Mifsud & Knížek 2009 ; Knížek 2011 ). General distribution. Europe except for the Far North, North Africa, Turkey , Central Asia, Russia , China . Introduced into North America . Biology. This species breeds in a range of trees, usually in the family Rosaceae , but also in Salicaceae and Ulmaceae ( Michalski 1973 ) . Recorded in Iran from Malus sp. ( Amini et al . 2013 ), Cotoneaster sp., Crataegus sp., Cydonia oblonga , Malus orientalis , Pyrus communis , Sorbus sp. ( Rosaceae ), Juglans regia (Juglandaceae) , Ulmus spp . ( Ulmaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997 ). The gallery system is described by Balachowsky (1949) and Michalski (1973) . Further details of the biology, maturation feeding, sound production and behaviour are given by Rudinsky et al . (1978) .