G. it. Ent., 10 (50): 103-106
September 2002
Two new larval host plants and notes on the biology of
the Australian longicorn beetle, Agrianome spinicollis (Macleay)
(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae)
by
TREVOR J. HAWKESWOOD
Abstract - Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S. T. Blake and Eucalyptus umbra R. T. Baker (both Myrtaceae) are newly recorded here as larval host plants for the large Australian longicorn beetle, Agrianome spinicollis (Macleay) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae) from the Brisbane district, south-eastern Queensland. The beetle has not been recorded previously from Melaleuca. The new hosts are both hardwoods. The number of recorded larval host plants now stands at 27 and these are from 14 families.
