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Bolbotritus bainesi
Classification
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
- Mature larva. Resembling those of Plocaederus species, from which it may be distinguished as follows. Length up to 56 mm; maximum breadth (at prothorax) 15.5 mm. Head with mouthframe almost entirely pitchy. Hypostoma strongly rugose and subtuberculate. Prothorax with posterior area of pronotum macro-spiculate. Abdomen with ampullae coarsely tuberculate and macro-spiculate, the spicules very coarse and ferruginous. Legs with unguiculus stout and pitchy. Adapted from Duffy (1957).
Biology and Economic Importance
- Members of this tribe are known from various host plant families. Species of this tribe are potentially invasive outside their native range.
Selected References to Larvae Specimens
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