Hulcr and Cognato, 2012: Strictness of mycocleptism unclear. Commonly found next to other ambrosia species in typical mycocleptic fashion, but also sometimes found unassociated with other species. Galleries in Penang, Malaysia, often started in close proximity to those of Xylosandrus mancus (Beaver and Browne, 1978). Given variation of elytra, multiple unrecognizable species may be included, with different ecology. Beaver and Liu, 2010: Hulcr and Cognato (2009) note that it sometimes makes its galleries next to other species of ambrosia beetle as a fungal parasite, but may also be unassociated with other species. Beaver and Brown, 1978: The species attacks small stems (2-4 cm in diameter). In T. whiteana, all galleries observed were started within 1-1.5 cm of galleries of Xyleborus mancus. Browne, 1961: This small pinhole borer is widely distributed and was originally discovered in East Africa, but most subsequent records have been from the Oriental region. This species is not host selective but there is a suggestion that Dipterocarpaceae, Leguminosae and Meliaceae may be attractive to it. This species attacks unhealthy, dead or cut trees infesting the small branches of about 2-8 cm but mostly 2-3 cm in diameter. It has also been found in dead transplants, but has apparently not been responsible for their death. Infestation is often heavy and the larvae live crowded together in a longitudinal tunnel in the middle of a branch. The tunnels typically show a dense growth of mycelium which Muller (1933) says is an ambrosia fungus of Monilia type. Beaver, Kajimura and Goto, 2008: This species native distribution extends from India to Sri Lanka to Taiwan and Java. It is a polyphagous ambrosia beetle and is often closely associated with other xyleborines and may be making use of the ambrosial fungi of these species.