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Goes pulverulentus
Classification
Diagnostic Features of Larvae
- Larva. Distinguished from Goes pulcher only by the finer, light lemon-colored hairs on the body and by the fact that the thoracic spiracles are more broadly oval, not twice as wide as long. Pupa. Bristles arranged in two groups on anterior portion of labrum; front of head sparsely covered; pronotum sparsely beset with shorter bristles; mesonotum and metanotum bearing two irregular blotches of still shorter ones; first six abdominal terga beset with two transverse bands of short, dense, reddish bristles, those of sixth scarcely sparser than the first; last tergum extending dorsad in a fleshy triangular process, suddenly acutely conical and chitinous tipped. Adapted from Craighead (1923).
Biology and Economic Importance
- Members of this tribe include one of the most notorious cerambycids: the Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB), Anoplophora glabripennis. In 1996, this invasive species was discovered in New York City and later in Chicago. Native to China and the Korean peninsula, ALB was accidentally imported into the U.S. via wooden shipping materials (Lingafelter & Hoebeke 2002). By 1998, ALB infestations resulted in the destruction of nearly 7,000 trees. Recently, the USDA estimated that, if left uncontrolled, ALB and other Chinese wood boring beetles could cause more than $100 billion in damage to the US economy (Meyer 2010). Accidental introductions continue, and as recently as 2011 a population of ALB was detected in southwest Ohio (USDA-APHIS 2011).
Selected References to Larvae Specimens
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