Developmental characteristics of the oak longicorn beetle, Moechotypa diphysis, the invasive and spreading pest, from egg to adult

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24580234
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Forest science
• Research Institution: Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
• Principal Investigator: KOSAKA HAJIME 独立行政法人森林総合研究所, 九州支所, グループ長 (20343791)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 発育零点 / 有効積算温量

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The oak longicorn beetle, Moechotypa diphysis, is a invasive species to Japanese main islands and a pest of the bed log for Shitake mushroom. I reared this beetle from the oviposition to the emergence of adults at different temperature to clarify the developmental characteristics. The developmental zero and the effective accumulated temperature of egg, larva and pupa are ca. 12℃ and 110day℃, 15℃ and 610day℃, and 10℃ and 190day℃, respectively. Considering these estimates, this beetle can be established if it invades to undistributed areas in Japan. So we need careful attention to the new invasion of this beetle.

Free Research Field

農学