Gelonaetha hirta

Gelonaetha hirta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Chrysomeloidea
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Cerambycinae
Genus:	Gelonaetha
Species:	G. hirta
Binomial name
Gelonaetha hirta (Fairmaire, 1850)
Synonyms
Stromatium hirtumFairmaire, 1850 Gelonaetha curtipesThomson, 1878 Astrimus obscurusSharp, 1878

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

1. "Taxon profile of Hibiscus Long-horned Beetle". BioLib. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
2. "Pests of Teak" (PDF). old.amu.ac. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
3. "Checklist of longicorn coleoptera of Sri Lanka (1) Vesperidae and Cerambycidae excluding Lamiinae" (PDF). (Bulletin of FFPRI) Vol.7 No.2 (No.407) 95 - 110. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
4. "Gelonaetha hirta". mindat. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
5. "Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae Coleoptera) of Kolkata". Researchgate. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
6. "Indian forest insects of economic importance". alamy. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
7. "Seasonal occurrence and host-lists of Hawaiian Cerambycidae" (PDF). U. S. International Biological Program. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
8. "The Food Plants of Indian Forest Insects. Parts I and II". Indian Forester 1919 45 2–3 49–56; 139-153. Retrieved 2021-06-17.