Anoplophora glabripennis

TaxID: 217634

Basic Information

Anoplophora glabripennis

Asian longhorned beetle, Asian Longhorn Beetle, Asian Longhorned Beetle

The Asian long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), also known as the starry sky, sky beetle, or ALB, is native to the Korean Peninsula, northern and southern China, and disputably in northern Japan. This species has now been accidentally introduced into the eastern United States, where it was first discovered in 1996, as well as Canada, and several countries in Europe, including Austria, France, Germany, Italy and UK.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Cerambycidae

Anoplophora

glabripennis

unclassified

Photos (3 photos)

Anoplophora glabripennis
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(c) Observações Naturalistas | Bruno Uehara@BY-NC
Anoplophora glabripennis
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(c) Observações Naturalistas | Bruno Uehara@BY-NC
Anoplophora glabripennis
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(c) unknown@CC0

Morphological Features

Adults are 20-35 mm in length and 7-12 mm in width. Their color is jet-black with a luster, each elytron bearing about 20 white dots. The antennae have 11 segments, with the base whitish and blue-black distally; male antennae are 2.5 times body length, female antennae 1.3 times body length. The base of the elytra lacks a granular structure. Eggs are off-white, oblong, 5-7 mm long, with both ends slightly concave. Mature larvae are up to 50 mm in length, with a brown mark on the prothorax, the anterior area of the pronotum lightly sclerotized and light yellow, the posterior area more heavily sclerotized and brown pigmented with dense spicules. Larvae also possess pigmented micro-spiculose patches on the prosternum, with dorsal and ventral abdominal ampullae arranged in 4 transverse rows and 2 rows respectively, and are colored reddish brown. Pupae are off-white, 30-33 mm long and 11 mm wide .

Source: CDFA Official Pest Profile Life Stage: Adult / Egg / Larva / Pupa Source Type: Diagnostic reference
Citation:

CDFA (California Department of Food and Agriculture). Asian Longhorned Beetle Pest Profile.

Host Plants (66 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (61 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Antigua and Barbuda Quarantine pests —
Armenia Absent —
Australia Quarantine pests —
Austria Quarantine pests 2022
Azerbaijan A1 list 2024
Belgium Present 2022
Bulgaria Quarantine pests 2022
Belarus Absent —
Switzerland A1 list 2019
Cyprus Quarantine pests 2022
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Distribution (38 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

11
Present
25
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Absent —
Austria Absent —
Belgium Absent —
Canada Absent
Switzerland Present —
China Present
Cyprus Absent —
Czechia Absent —
Germany Transient —
Denmark Absent —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_000390285.2 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_054644005.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_000390285.2 Scaffold 706 80 678 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR36516249 Female midgut - - 25412401 China: Baoding
SRR36516248 Female midgut - - 23459805 China: Baoding
SRR36516247 Female midgut - - 23577673 China: Baoding

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature