Brontispa longissima
| Brontispa longissima | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | B. longissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Brontispa longissima (Gestro, 1885)
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Brontispa longissima (known as the coconut leaf beetle, the two-coloured coconut leaf beetle, or the coconut hispine beetle) is a
Aru Islands, and most recently, the Philippines
.
In Japan, the occurrence of Brontispa longissima was first reported on Okinawa Island in 1978. The species spread to other islands of Okinawa Prefecture. Ishigaki Island in 1982, and Miyako, Iriomote and Yonaguni Islands in 1984. [2]
On September 27, 2007, Philippines'
quarantined due to having been infested with this pest (to save the $800-million Philippine coconut industry).[3]
Control measures include
parasitic wasps (e.g., Asecodes hispinarum
).
There is a similar-looking pest species of leaf beetle in a related genus, Plesispa reichei, also sometimes referred to as the "coconut leaf beetle", which is distinguished only with some difficulty from B. longissima; primarily by its slightly broader body and stronger punctation.
Sources
References
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- ^ TAKANO, S.-i., TAKASU, K., FUSHIMI, T., ICHIKI, R.T. and NAKAMURA, S. (2012), Life history traits and damage potential of an invasive pest Brontispa longissima (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Satakentia liukiuensis. Entomological Science, 15: 238-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-8298.2011.00506.x
- ^ "Inquirer.net, Beetles infest coconuts in Manila, 26 provinces". Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ^ "Crops > Plantation crops > Coconut & oil palm > Insects > Brontispa > Brontispa sp., Maldives". March 2021.