Adoretus sinicus

Adoretus sinicus or the Chinese rose beetle is a scarab beetle, and a member of the genus Adoretus, subgenus Adoretus.

Adoretus sinicus
The beetle feeding
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Adoretus
Species:
A. sinicus
Binomial name
Adoretus sinicus
Burmeister, 1855

Food

Damage caused by feeding

In Oʻahu it feeds on the indigenous ʻakiohala (Hibiscus furcellatus)[1] and maʻo hau hele (Hibiscus brackenridgei).

References

  1. "Hibiscus furcellatus". Native Plants Hawaii. 4 January 2017.


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