Hileolaspis auratus Classification Family Cerambycidae > Subfamily Prioninae > Tribe Mallaspini > Genus Hileolaspis Diagnostic Features of Larvae Mature larva. Head slightly depressed and transverse. Genae strongly shouldered, with a blunt vertical carina beneath antennal foramen. Frons with a narrow pitchy anterior margin, the upper boundary of which is rather feebly carinate and the lower boundary not produced over clypeus; postcondylar carina distinct; subfossal process transversely oval. Antenna 2-segmented; segment 2 obliquely truncate apically and bearing sensory pores and setae. Three pairs of subcontiguous ocelli present, behind which are two widely separated ocelli. Clypeus glabrous. Labrum leathery, oval, ferruginous and densely fringed with coarse setae. Maxilla with palpal segment 3 much shorter than segment 2. Labial palpi with segment 2 slightly shorter than segment 1. Prothorax with pronotum and eusternum coarsely rugulose and bearing scattered short ferruginous setae; presternum non-tuberculate. Abdomen with ampullae glabrous, non-tuberculate. Pleural tubercles each with a pair of sclerotized pits. Anus trilobate. Legs 4-segmented, as long as maxillary palpi. Spiracles with peritreme narrowly oval, thin and ferruginous. Length up to 50 mm; maximum breadth (at prothorax) 9 mm. Appreciably differing from the larva of Pyrodes nitidus, particularly in the frons, the lower boundary of which is not produced over the clypeus, and the clypeus which is glabrous. This larva is apparently unique amongst the Prioninae in possessing a pair of sclerotized pits (placed laterally) on each pleural tubercle. Adapted from Duffy (1960). Biology and Economic Importance Biology and economic importance for this taxon coming soon. Selected References to Larvae Specimens Duffy, 1960