Host plants of Anoplophora glabripennis, a review

Abstract

Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian longhorned beetle) attacks many different broadleaf tree species. Although there is no doubt that A. glabripennis can complete its life cycle on species belonging to various genera such as Acer, Populus, Salix and Ulmus, there is conflicting information about the host plant status of many other species. Plant species may have been listed because of maturation feeding or oviposition, without evidence that A. glabripennis can actually complete its life cycle on these species. In the present review, 34 plant taxa that have been listed as A. glabripennis‐hosts are placed in four different categories based on information available through literature search and by personal communication with experts. The categories are: (I) plant species on which A. glabripennis has been reported to complete its life cycle (from oviposition to emergence of new beetles) under field conditions, (II) plant species on which A. glabripennis has completed its life cycle in laboratory or semi‐field experiments (i.e. plants and beetles reared in cages), (III) plant species on which A. glabripennis has been reported to complete part of its life cycle, and (IV) others. The following genera were placed in category I: Acer, Aesculus, Betula, Cercidiphyllum, Fraxinus, Platanus, Populus, Salix and Ulmus. The species Albizia julibrissin, Corylus colurna, Elaeagnus angustifolia, Fagus sylvatica, Koelreuteria paniculata, Malus domestica, Pyrus bretschneideri and Sorbus aucuparia were also placed in category I, although records on exit holes were limited. These species may be rather poor or unattractive hosts on which A. glabripennis may only incidentally oviposit and/or complete its life cycle or the species may be rather uncommon in outbreak areas thus far and, therefore, not frequently attacked. Elaeagnus angustifolia has also been reported to be resistant. For some of the species listed the host plant status may need confirmation. The list of category I species may also become longer in the future because several of the plant species listed only recently appeared to be true hosts, i.e. supporting completion of the full life cycle of A. glabripennis.

Records of unsuccessful attack byAnoplophora glabripennis(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on broadleaf trees of questionable suitability in Canada

“…2015, table S1). In Europe, the success of attacks on the genus Tilia was never assessed: attacked trees found in Austria and in France were destroyed before it could be determined if A. glabripennis could complete its development in them (van der Gaag and Loomans 2014). Thus, the genus Tilia was added as a host plant in the European Union (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization 2013, 2014).…”

“…In its native range, China and the Korean Peninsula, Anoplophora glabripennis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), is recognised as a polyphagous xylophage (Lingafelter and Hoebeke 2002; van der Gaag and Loomans 2014). The first detection of A. glabripennis in North America occurred in 1996 in New York City, New York, United States of America (Haack et al .…”

Degradation of white birch shelterbelts by attack of white-spotted longicorn beetle in central Hokkaido, northern Japan

“…The genus Anoplophora (Coleoptera) includes some of the most damaging wood-boring pests in the Northern Hemisphere (Haack et al 2010; Hu et al 2009; Meng et al 2015; van der Gaag and Loomans 2014). Though Anoplophora spp.…”

“…Though Anoplophora spp. has significant preferences for particular host trees (Faccoli and Favaro 2016; Iwaizumi et al 2014), it has a very wide host plant range that includes more than 100 tree species (Sjörman et al 2014; also see van der Gaag and Loomans 2014). Larvae of Anoplophora spp.…”

“…compared with citrus, maple and popular (cf. Iwaizumi et al 2014; Sjörman et al 2014; van der Gaag and Loomans 2014), and only one case of serious infestation of white birch ( B. platyphylla ) by Asian longhorned beetle ( A. glabripennis ) was reported in China (Gao et al 2009). In Japan, mass attack on Japanese white birch was sporadically reported at the stand level, but it did not cause to death (Makihara et al 1989; Onodera et al 1995, 1997).…”