Biology:Gelonaetha hirta
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| Genus: | Gelonaetha
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| Species: | G. hirta
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Gelonaetha hirta, commonly known as Hibiscus Long-horned beetle,[1] or Long horn teak borer,[2] is a species of longhorn beetle. It is distributed in Sri Lanka, India , Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Hainan Island, Taiwan, Borneo, Philippines , Micronesia, Polynesia and West Indies.[3][4][5]
Biology
Adult is reddish brown to dark brown in colour. There is tinge of greyish depressed pubescence with tawny setae. Head densely punctate and prothorax densely rugulose to punctate. Elytra densely punctate where each elytron with one or two raised longitudinal lines. Abdomen very sparsely punctate. Adult is about 9 mm to 16 mm. in length.[6]
Host plants of the larva include: Hibiscus tiliaceus,[7] Anogeissus latifolia, Berrya cordifolia, Dipterocarpus, Grewia, Heritiera fomes, Tectona grandis, and Shorea laevis.[8]
References
- ↑ "Taxon profile of Hibiscus Long-horned Beetle". https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id224077/.
- ↑ "Pests of Teak". https://old.amu.ac.in/emp/studym/99995350.pdf.
- ↑ "Checklist of longicorn coleoptera of Sri Lanka (1) Vesperidae and Cerambycidae excluding Lamiinae". https://www.cerambycoidea.com/titles/makiharaalii2008.pdf.
- ↑ "Gelonaetha hirta". https://zh.mindat.org/taxon-1119860.html.
- ↑ "Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae Coleoptera) of Kolkata". https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Udipta-Chakraborti/publication/323513105_Longhorn_Beetle_Cerambycidae_Coleoptera_of_Kolkata/links/5a992f72aca27214056e1112/Longhorn-Beetle-Cerambycidae-Coleoptera-of-Kolkata.pdf.
- ↑ "Indian forest insects of economic importance". https://www.alamy.com/indian-forest-insects-of-economic-importance-coleoptera-the-tree-between-the-bast-and-sapwood-i-have-nofurther-notes-on-the-life-history-of-the-insect-the-beetle-is-remarkableowing-to-the-close-approximation-of-its-colouring-to-that-of-the-bark-of-therubber-tree-the-light-markings-on-the-elytra-blend-in-an-astonishingmanner-with-the-bark-so-much-so-that-at-a-very-short-distance-from-thetree-the-beetle-is-indistinguishable-from-the-bark-surface-gelonethaonly-one-indian-species-of-the-genus-is-known-gelonaetha-hirta-fairm-referencesfairm-stromatium-rev-ct-mag-de-zool-1850-p-image338450850.html.
- ↑ "Seasonal occurrence and host-lists of Hawaiian Cerambycidae". https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/5103364.pdf.
- ↑ "The Food Plants of Indian Forest Insects. Parts I and II.". https://www.cabi.org/isc/abstract/19190500579.
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