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Adoretus sinicus

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Species of beetle

Adoretus sinicus
The beetle feeding
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Adoretus
Species: A. sinicus
Binomial name
Adoretus sinicus
Burmeister, 1855

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

Food

Damage caused by feeding

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

References

  1. "Hibiscus furcellatus". Native Plants Hawaii. 4 January 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Adoretus sinicus


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