Anoplophora horsfieldii (Hope, 1843) is a animal in the Cerambycidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Anoplophora horsfieldii (Hope, 1843)

Anoplophora horsfieldii (Hope, 1843)

Anoplophora horsfieldii is a long-horned beetle found across East and Southeast Asia that feeds on several common tree and shrub species.

Family
Genus
Anoplophora
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Anoplophora horsfieldii (Hope, 1843)

Anoplophora horsfieldii (Hope, 1843) is a species of beetle that grows to an approximate length of 35 millimeters. Adult individuals have black or dark brown bodies, with large, irregular pale yellow transverse bands across their elytra. They also have pale yellow markings on their head and pronotum, and very long antennae. The main host plants for this species are Camellia sinensis, Celtis sinensis, Quercus glauca, and Ulmus pumila. This species is distributed across Thailand, Vietnam, China, and Taiwan.

Photo: (c) Sterling Sheehy, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sterling Sheehy · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae Anoplophora

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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