Sinoxylon anale Lesne, 1897

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Sinoxylon anale Lesne, 1897

Fig. 25 (A, B)

Sinoxylon anale Lesne, 1897: 21 .

Distribution in China. Recorded from most of the southern Provinces including Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan ( Hua 2002).

Other distribution. Cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical areas.

Host Plants. Recorded from numerous host trees and bamboos ( Beeson & Bhatia 1937; Hutacharern & Tubtim 1995). The adults can cause damage by boring into green shoots and twigs for maturation feeding or hibernation. The species is a major pest in rubber plantations in Thailand ( Kangkamanee et al. 2011), and economically important in India ( Beeson & Bhatia 1937).

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FIGURE 25. (A, B) Lateral (A) and dorsal (B) views of Sinoxylon anale Lesne, 1897. Total horizontal scale bar of B =1 mm.