''Chlorophorus annularis'' - the bamboo tiger longicorn,
or bamboo borer
- is a species of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
in the family
Cerambycidae.
[Bezark, Larry G]
A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World
. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
Hosts
''
Citrus
''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as Orange (fruit), oranges, Lemon, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and lim ...
'' spp.,
''
Vitis
''Vitis'' (grapevine) is a genus of 79 accepted species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The genus is made up of species predominantly from the Northern Hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of grapes, b ...
'' spp.,
''
Bambusa'' spp., ''
Bambusa multiplex
''Bambusa multiplex'' is a species of bamboo native to China (provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and northern Indochina. It is also naturalized in Japan, Iraq, Madag ...
'', ''
Bambusa polymorpha
''Bambusa polymorpha'', or Burmese bamboo, is a species of clumping bamboo native to Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Java, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur ...
'', ''
Bambusa tulda
''Bambusa tulda'', or Indian timber bamboo (alternatively spineless Indian bamboo or Bengal bamboo), is considered to be one of the most useful of bamboo species. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Tibet, and Yunnan, and naturali ...
'', ''
Bambusa vulgaris'', ''
Dendrocalamus strictus
''Dendrocalamus strictus'' is a bamboo species belonging to the ''Dendrocalamus'' genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy o ...
'', ''
Dipterocarpus tuberculatus'', ''
Gossypium'' spp., ''
Indosasa crassiflora'', ''
Phyllostachys reticulata
''Phyllostachys'' ()
is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family. Many of the species are found in central and southern China, with a few species in northern Indochina and in the Himalayas. Some of the species have become naturalized in parts ...
'', ''
Saccharum officinarum'', ''
Sinocalamus'' spp., ''
Zea mays
Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...
'', ''
Bambusa spinosa'', ''
Derris microphylla
''Derris'' is genus of leguminous plants found in Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of '' D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.
Despite the secondary compounds fou ...
'', ''
Liquidambar
''Liquidambar'', commonly called sweetgum
(star gum in the UK),
gum, redgum, satin-walnut, or American storax, is the only genus in the flowering plant family Altingiaceae and has 15 species. They were formerly often treated in Hamamelidaceae ...
'' spp., ''
Liquidambar formosana
''Liquidambar formosana'', commonly known as the Taiwanese sweet gum or Formosan gum, is a species of tree in the family Altingiaceae native to East Asia.
Description
''Liquidambar formosana'' is a large, native, deciduous tree that grows up to ...
'', ''
Pyrus malus
An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, ' ...
'', ''
Shorea'' spp., ''
Shorea robusta
''Shorea robusta'', the sal tree, sāla, shala, sakhua, or sarai, is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The tree is native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibet and across the Himalayan regions .
Evolution
Fossil evidence from lig ...
'', ''
Sinobambusa gibbosa'', ''
Spondias'' spp., ''
Tectona
''Tectona'' is a genus of tropical hardwood trees in the mint family, ''Lamiaceae''.Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. 2007: Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The three species are often collec ...
'' spp., and ''
Tectona grandis''.
Control
Quarantine
Although
methyl bromide
Bromomethane, commonly known as methyl bromide, is an organobromine compound with formula C H3 Br. This colorless, odorless, nonflammable gas is produced both industrially and biologically. It has a tetrahedral shape and it is a recognized ozon ...
is effective, it is an
ozone
Ozone (), or trioxygen, is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula . It is a pale blue gas with a distinctively pungent smell. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope , breaking down in the lo ...
depleting chemical.
is also effective and does not have that problem.
References
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Clytini
Beetles described in 1787