Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00466
Hawaiiandra puncticeps
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About Hawaiiandra puncticeps
Hawaiiandra puncticeps appears in older Hawaiian forest literature as Parandra puncticeps.
Natural history and identification
Hawaiiandra puncticeps appears in older Hawaiian forest literature as Parandra puncticeps. Its grubs bore in wood, frequently in dead trunks and rotting logs. Swezey documented eggs in a standing dead koa tree at Halemanu, Kauaʻi: females reached the wood beneath loosened bark and placed individual eggs in separate excavations. This provides a specific Kauaʻi reproductive observation in addition to the beetle’s wider Hawaiian distribution.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Catalog lists Hawaii I., Kauaʻi I., Maui I., Molokaʻi I., Oʻahu I.
Evidence limits
The cited observations describe the evidence currently available for this account. They do not establish a complete life history or a measured current Kauaʻi population trend.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Hawaiiandra puncticeps
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Indigenous / native Hawaiian
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Hawaiiandra puncticeps appears in older Hawaiian forest literature as Parandra puncticeps.