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| Scientific Name: |
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Celosterna
scabrator
Fabricius
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| Synonyms: |
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Celosterna
scabrator
Fabricius
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| Distribution: |
| India - Bihar,Bombay,Centralprovinces,Cochin,Madras,Mysore,North west frontier province,Orissa,Travancore,United provinces,Pakistan.
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| Description: |
| 1.1/4 to 1.1/2 inches,dull,yellowish-brown,the sides of the body and legs bluish,elytra yellowish-grey with a large number of black spots varying in size from a pin's head to minute specks.
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| Seasonal occurrence: |
| July-December.
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| Life Cycle Duration: |
| Life cycle is annual. |
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| Life Cycle Stages: |
| Egg |
| Eggs are laid in young living plants in stems having a minimum basal girth of two inches and a maximum of nine inches. Egg is about 5*2mm. and is deposited under the bark .The number of eggs laid by female is 20-40 and the oviposition period extends for several weeks.The egg hatches in 2-3 weeks. |
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Larva |
| Newly emerged larva is about 1/4 of an inch long;the mature larva is about 2.1/2 inches long.On hatching the larva feeds on the soft tissues around the oviposition cavity and then bores into the stem and roots.The length of the larval period is about nine or ten month.
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Pupa |
| Pupal period is about 15-17 days.
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Adult |
| The beetle emerges by eating a circular hole through the bark. Adult beetles are 1.1/4 to 1.1/2 inches long,dull,yellowish-brown,the sides of the body and legs bluish,elytra yellowish-grey with a large number of black spots varying in size from a pin's head to minute specks.
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| Natural Enemies |
| Cryptobiotic larval and pupal. |
| Nature of damage caused |
| The beetles feed voraciously mainly at night on the bark of young living shoots,scraping it away with the mandibles down to the surface of the wood.
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| Control Measures |
| Grubbing up of attacked plants,chemical control including injecting of 5cc of fluid mixture,comprising paradichlorobenzene with crude oil or furnace oil is effective.
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| Host Range ( Click any one Host Range to view details) |
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Casuarina
equisetifolia
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Prosopis
juliflora
(Sw.)
DC
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Acacia
arabica
Willd
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Ziziphus
jujuba
P.Mill.
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Cassia
siamea.
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Acacia
catechu
(L.f.)
Willd
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| References |
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| Beeson,C.F.C.1931.The life history and control of Celosterna scabrator Fabr.(Col:Cerambycidae)-Indian For.Rec.(Old series) (Ent.).16(9): 1-16 pls
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| Beeson,C.F.C. and Bhatia,B.M.(1939).On the Biology of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera).Ind.For.Rec.(N.S.),Ent.,5(1),235 p.
Forest Entomology(Ecology and Management) written by M.L.Thakur.
Forest Entomology In India Important Current Problem written by R.M.Misra(F-Scientist)-F.R.I Dehra Dun
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