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Anelaphus cinereus
Classification
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
- Mature larva. Length up to 17 mm; maximum breadth (at prothorax) 4.75 mm. Head with third segment of antenna rather slender, cylindrical, about three times as long as its basal width and about two-thirds as long as second segment. Two pairs of ocelli present laterad and ventrad of antenna; lens small, round; pigmented spot distinct. Hypostomal sutures indistinct. Maxilla with third segment of palpi as long as second. Prothorax with lateral regions without velvety pubescence, and pronotum more finely longitudinally striate.
Pupa. Length up to 13 mm. Head with antennae filiform. Eyes with three or four long fine setae near posterior margin. Pronotum glabrous, except for a few minute spinules and setae along front margin; lateral tubercles absent. Abdomen with seventh tergite with numerous long, slender spines, which are mostly recumbent and pointing inward; posterior margin with a pair of very small tuberculate protuberances which bear a few sub-erect spines. Eighth tergite glabrous, with hind margin semicircular. Adapted from Duffy (1953).
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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