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Stenelaphus alienus
Classification
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
- Larva. This larva can only be distinguished from Stenosphenus by the smaller pore and larger granulate area of the pleural discs; the striate area of the pronotum protrudes anteriorly along a median line as in the true species of Elaphidion; the ventro-lateral sutures are represented as a mere notch (as in Elaphidion), and the eusternal glabrous spots arc distinctly separated. Form rather robust; integument tough, shining, thickly covered with light castaneous hairs; labrum transversely oval; ocellus enclosed by a dark chitinization of gena; pronotal striae slightly oblique and with a tendency to reticulation; ampullae alutaceous; spiracles broadly oval, middle abdominal ones not larger than ocellus. Otherwise as in Stenosphenus. Adapted from Craighead (1923).
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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