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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Anoplophora chinensis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Anoplophora

Species

Anoplophora chinensis

Insecta🌿 Herbivore

Citrus longhorn beetle

Anoplophora chinensis (Citrus longhorn beetle · Citrus longhorn beetle)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)NE (Not Evaluated)

Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Herbivore

Length · Height

3.8cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Native to Asia; over 100 species of trees including citrus, broadleaf trees, and fruit trees

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 A female's body length of 38 mm is about 1.6 times the diameter of a Korean 100-won coin (24 mm) (Comparison).
💡 CDFA notes that in 2001 this beetle was found on bonsai maple trees imported from Korea at a nursery in Washington State, USA, prompting an eradication program.

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

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📖 1. Overview

The citrus longhorn beetle is a longhorn beetle native to Asia that damages over 100 species of trees, including citrus, earning it the English name citrus long-horned beetle.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its glossy black body is scattered with white to pale yellow spots, and the base of each segment of its long antennae is white or pale blue. Females measure about 38 mm, males about 25 mm, and the male's antennae are twice the length of its body.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

Eggs are laid in crevices of trunks or exposed roots, and larvae bore between the phloem and xylem of trunks and roots. Its life cycle usually takes 1 year, and after emerging, adults feed on leaves and tender twig bark for 10–15 days before mating.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

It is listed on the National List of Species of Korea, and Rural Development Administration materials record its domestic distribution as nationwide and note that adults can be seen on willow trunks from late spring to autumn (under the name Anoplophora malasiaca).