Table 9.
Pest insect legislation pertaining edible insect species (as presented in [11]): beetles (Coleoptera); Eswatini also refers to “woodborer beetles”, but without any species information, a term that, in fact, can be used to several taxa.
| Family | Species | Country | Law |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceram-bycidae | Anoplophora spp. | Tunisia | Arrêté du Ministre de l’agriculture du 31 mai 2012 |
| A. chinensis | Mauritius | Plant Protection Act 2006 | |
| A. glabripennis | Mauritius | Plant Protection Act 2006 | |
| Monochamus spp. | Tunisia | Arrêté du Ministre de l’agriculture du 31 mai 2012 | |
| Chryso-melidae | Leptinotarsa spp. | Benin | Arrêté interministériel no 128 |
| L. decemlineata | Malawi | Plant Protection Act, 1969 | |
| Mauritania | Arrêté no R-0031257 du 12 novembre 2002 | ||
| Mauritius | Plant Protection Act 2006 | ||
| Mozambique | Decreto no 5/2009 | ||
| Seychelles | Plant Protection Act | ||
| Tunisia | Arrêté du Ministre de l’agriculture du 31 mai 2012 | ||
| Zambia | Plant Pests and Diseases (Pest Control) Regulations, Plant Pests and Diseases (Pests and Alternate Hosts) Order | ||
| Curculi-onidae | Anthonomus spp. | Mozambique | Decreto no 5/2009 |
| Cosmopolites sordidus | Kenya | Plant Protection Order | |
| Mauritania | Arrêté no R-0031257 du 12 novembre 2002 | ||
| Rhynchophorus spp. | Benin | Arrêté interministériel no 128 | |
| Mauritania | Arrêté no R-0031257 du 12 novembre 2002 | ||
| R. ferrugineus | Mauritius | Plant Protection Act 2006 | |
| Morocco | Arrêté conjoint (…) no 287-09 | ||
| Tunisia | Arrêté du Ministre de l’agriculture du 31 mai 2012 | ||
| R. phoenicis | Mauritius | Plant Protection Act 2006 | |
| Scyphophorus acupunctatus | Kenya | Plant Protection Order | |
| Mozambique | Decreto no 5/2009 | ||
| Sitophilus oryzae | Kenya | Plant Protection Order | |
| Zambia | Plant Pests and Diseases (Pests and Alternate Hosts) Order | ||
| Scarabeidae | Adoretus spp. | Botswana | Plant Protection Act 2007 |
| Benin | Arrêté interministériel no 128 | ||
| Amphamalion spp. | Botswana | Plant Protection Act 2007 | |
| Anomala spp. | Botswana | Plant Protection Act 2007 | |
| Leucophora spp. | Mozambique | Decreto no 5/2009 | |
| Oryctes spp. | Benin | Arrêté interministériel no 128 | |
| Popilia spp. | Benin | Arrêté interministériel no 128 | |
| P. japonica | Malawi | Plant Protection Act, 1969 | |
| Tunisia | Arrêté du Ministre de l’agriculture du 31 mai 2012 | ||
| Zambia | Plant Pests and Diseases (Pest Control) Regulations | ||
| Xylotrupes gideon | Botswana | Plant Protection Act 2007 | |
| Tenebrionidae | Alphitobius spp. | Kenya | Plant Protection Order |
| A. diaperinus | Zambia | Plant Pests and Diseases (Pests and Alternate Hosts) Order | |
| A. levigatus | Mozambique | Decreto no 5/2009 | |
| Zambia | Plant Pests and Diseases (Pests and Alternate Hosts) Order | ||
| Tenebrio spp. | Kenya | Plant Protection Order | |
| Zambia | Plant Pests and Diseases (Pests and Alternate Hosts) Order | ||
| T. molitor | Kenya | Plant Protection Order | |
| Zambia | Plant Pests and Diseases (Pests and Alternate Hosts) Order | ||
| Tribolium castaneum | Kenya | Plant Protection Order | |
| Zambia | Plant Pests and Diseases (Pests and Alternate Hosts) Order | ||
| T. confusum | Kenya | Plant Protection Order | |
| Zambia | Plant Pests and Diseases (Pests and Alternate Hosts) Order |