Click on map for details about points. IDnature guide Fruit Pests Links We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. Image, Cook Islands Biodiversity Cook Islands Biodiversity Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following served from Cook Islands Biodiversity    Top | See original context Following modified from Cook Islands Biodiversity    Top | See original   home resources help about contact us Cook Islands Biodiversity Database Species Page Back to: «« Search Page | « Results Page Add to My List Adoretus versutus Rose Beetle Multimedia & Additional Resources Hide Media Player Type Description Download Image: Adult 59KB Image: Specimen 35KB General Information COMMON NAMES: Rose Beetle, Rose Shaver COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent (1/1990 on Rarotonga), Naturalised; S.Group; ?; Land, horticultural SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Serious pest by damaging and disfiguring ornamental plants. Cook Islands Distribution View Distribution Map Southern Group: Present     Makatea: RR   MG AT MK MT AK PL TK MN ++++ +++ Northern Group: TN   MH RK PK NS SW Key to Symbols blank no data     - absent L localised X extinct 'naturally' W widespread XQi quarantine intercepted R recent XQe eradicated ? query preceding category P present T? taxonomic query S seasonal nn present, said to have no name O occasional ?1 present, name not investigated ++++ very common ?2 presence not verified, no name recorded +++ common N/A absent, name not expected ++ uncommon     + rare     Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori Pests & Hosts View as a Search List Relationship Hosts Herbivorous pest Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ,  Hibiscus tiliaceus ,  Rosa chinensis hybrid ,  Scientific Taxonomy Adoretus versutus Har. TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Coleoptera; SCARABAEIDAE More Information SIGNIFICANCE NOTES - NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Serious pest by damaging and disfiguring ornamental plants.. Comments: Adults feed on the leaves of plants in Hibiscus (MALVACEAE) and Rose (ROSACEAE) families. The larve feed on the roots of various plants but not considered a pest. [Ref.k;d] Vouchers & References Vouchers: None Recorded. References: None recorded. Data Update History ( information ): zTX, zB02, zM02 Web Resources Google Google Images Citation Information McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Please refer to our use policy . Biodiversity Database More Options | Help My List View List | Edit List | Clear List     Copyright © 2007 (July) The Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, all rights reserved. Copyright & Use Policy Updated: 2024-04-16 21:35:44 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation