Oryctes rhinoceros

Oryctes rhinoceros
Oryctes rhinoceros
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Dynastinae
Genus: Oryctes
Species: O. rhinoceros
Binomial name
Oryctes rhinoceros
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [1]

Scarabaeus rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758

Oryctes rhinoceros, the Indian rhinoceros beetle, attacks the developing fronds of coconut, oil - and other palms in tropical Asia and a number of Pacific islands. Damaged fronds show typical triangular cuts. The beetle kills the palms (particularly newly planted ones) when the growing point is destroyed during feeding. The larvae do not damage crops and breed in dead, decaying trunks.[2]

Reference

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  1. ^ Lars Wallin (February 14, 2001). "Catalogue of type specimens. 4. Linnaean specimens" (PDF). Uppsala University. http://www.evolutionsmuseet.uu.se/samling/UUZM04_Linnaeus.pdf. Retrieved August 28, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Oryctes rhinoceros". Pest Information Wiki. http://wiki.pestinfo.org/wiki/Oryctes_rhinoceros. Retrieved August 28, 2011. 


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