Batocera rubus

TaxID: 584591

Basic Information

Batocera rubus

Rubber Root Borer

Batocera rubus, the mango longhorn or rubber root borer, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is known from Japan, China, Java, India, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Sumatra, Thailand, and Vietnam. It feeds on Ficus carica, Ficus elastica, and Mangifera indica. It's a medium-large species of longhorn beetle that measures a length of 20-65 mm from head to tip.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Cerambycidae

Batocera

rubus

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Morphological Features

Body length 24–36 mm, maximum width 8–11 mm. This is the largest longhorn beetle encountered in the Macau SAR. General body shape and coloration not further described in the supplied evidence.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (5 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Quarantine Status (6 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
China Quarantine pests 2021
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Guatemala Absent —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Peru Absent —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (23 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

21
Present
2
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Bangladesh Present —
Brunei Darussalam Present —
Cambodia Present —
China Present
France Absent —
Hong Kong, China Present —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
Italy Absent —
Japan Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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