Oryctes rhinoceros is a pest for palm plants. The body is dark brown or black in color. On the ventral part of the body has reddish-brown hair. The female also has the reddish-brown hair on the tip of the abdomen. It has horn used for leverage when moving within tightly-packed leaves or cavity it creates in palms. The male’s horn is longer than the females.
Description
Population Size
Unknown
Life Span
-
WEIGHT
-
LENGTH
33-40 mm
Ar
Arboreal
He
Herbivore
Te
Terrestrial
Classification
KINGDOM
:
Animalia
PHYLUM
:
Arthropoda
CLASS
:
Insecta
ORDER
:
Coleoptera
FAMILY
:
Scarabaeidae
GENUS
:
Oryctes
SPECIES
:
Oryctes rhinoceros