Apate monachus

Apate • Bostrichidae • Bostrichoidea • Coleoptera • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

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Apate monachus head of female (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Simon Hinkley & Ken Walker, Museum Victoria
Source: PaDIL

Apate monachus - (black borer)

This beetles is found in the Mediterranean region, parts of Asia and in Africa. It attacks the trunk and branches of fruit trees (Bonsignore, 2012) and various other types of trees (e.g. cacao or coffee), causing shot-hole symptoms.

• Other images of Apate monachus (PaDIL - click to enlarge)
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  dorsal view of female

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  frontal view of female

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  side view of female

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  pronotum of female

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  posterior end