|
Callimoxys fuscipennis
Classification
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
- Form more robust, quadrangular, tapering posteriorly; integument thin, shining, sparsely covered with whitish hairs. Head as in Obrium maculatum; labrum transversely oval, nearly twice as wide as long; ocellus large but little protuberant; first and second joints of antennae subequal, about as long as wide, third longer; last joint of maxillary palpi not quite twice length of second; process of palpifer and that of first maxillary palpal joint distinct, the former larger. Prothorax thick, pronotum but little wider than long, anteriorly sparsely hairy, posteriorly regularly striate; sternum alutaceous, shining. Third, fourth, fifth and sixth ampullae deeply bilobed, teat-like, conspicuously projecting. Legs minute, two or three-jointed. Pleural discs indistinct. Spiracles very small, inconspicuous, suborbicular, peritreme thin. Adapted from Craighead (1923).
Biology and Economic Importance
- Biology unknown for members of this tribe. Species of this tribe are potentially invasive outside their native range.
Selected References to Larvae Specimens
| |