Bamboo Tiger Longhorn

Chlorophorus annularis

Description

Chlorophorus annularis is a pest of bamboo, the larvae and the beetles always found in bamboo canes and stakes. The head and the body are yellow orange with tiger like mark colored in black. There is a pair of long antennae on its head. The larvae are 20 mm in length, white with brown mouthpiece. It has visible antenna and leg that held close to the body.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

15 mm

Ar

Arboreal

He

Herbivore

No

Nocturnal

Te

Terrestrial

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Arthropoda

CLASS

:

Insecta

ORDER

:

Coleoptera

FAMILY

:

Cerambycidae

GENUS

:

Chlorophorus

SPECIES

:

Chlorophorus annularis

Distribution

Chlorophorus annularis could be found in bamboo fields.

Geography

Continent : Asia, Australia

Country : China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sarawak, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor, Vietnam. Australia, Guam, Marianas, Micronesia, Hawaii.

Habits and Lifestyle

Chlorophorus annularis adults always be found near the bamboo plants for reproducing and completing their life cycle.

Lifestyle

Terrestrial, Arboreal

Biome

Tropical rain forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Chlorophorus annularis eats the bamboo stakes.

Diet : Herbivore

Mating Habits

Chlorophorus annularis adults mate near the bamboo plantation. The female laid their eggs in the stems of bamboo, the larvae develop and eats on dry baboo stems, when turning into adults, it will escape through holes about 2-3 mm.

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : at birth

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : –

Population

Population status : Not Evaluated (NE)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. thailandnatureproject.com
  2. citscihub.nz
  3. wiki.bugwood.org