Epicauta waterhousei

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Epicauta waterhousei
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Specimen from Jiji Town, Nantou County
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Meloidae
Subfamily: Meloinae
Tribe: Epicautini
Genus: Epicauta
Species:
E. waterhousei
Binomial name
Epicauta waterhousei
Haag-Rutenberg, 1880

Epicauta waterhousei is an Asian species of oil beetle (Coleoptera: Meloidae) recorded from Thailand (Central and Northeast provinces), Cambodia, [1] and Taiwan. [2]

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Description and pest status

The adults of E. waterhousei, which emerge between April and July, [1] are recognisable by their dull black elytra with a greyish longitudinal stripe, extending from humeral angle towards apex of elytron, and orange-red head does not have black dorsal markings. Similar species include E. erythrocephala , the type and E. gorhami from Honshu, Japan.

This species has been recorded eating: groundnuts, soybeans, eggplants, tomatoes, and slender amaranth ( Amaranthus viridis ). [2]

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