Reproductive Biology of the White-Spotted Longicorn Beetle, Anoplophora macularia (Thomson) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), on Sweet Oranges

Abstract

The objective of this study is to elucidate the reproductive biology of the white-spotted longicorn beetle, Anoplophora macularia (Thomson) on the leucheng sweet orange. Ten pairs of adults which emerged in mid-April in 1995 from the leucheng sweet orange orchards of TARI in Taichung were reared under the conditions of natural daylength, 25±2℃, 70±10% RH in the laboratory.斑星天牛(Anoplophora macularia (Thomson))為果樹柑桔類、荔枝、楊桃及印度棗的嚴重害蟲，在森林方面危害木麻黃、杉木及紅檜等珍貴樹種，造成莫大損失。本試驗的目的是研究斑星天牛在柳橙上的繁殖生物學，以提供防治該蟲的參考。