Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00467
Aegolipton reflexa
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About Aegolipton reflexa
Aegolipton reflexa was treated historically as Megopis (Aegosoma) reflexa.
Natural history and identification
Aegolipton reflexa was treated historically as Megopis (Aegosoma) reflexa. Its large larvae bore in several Hawaiian trees, including ʻōhiʻa and koa, and have sometimes been found in living wood as well as dead trunks and logs. Historical records also describe damage to coffee trees on Hawaiʻi Island. Those observations establish a broad wood-boring habit; the coffee record is not evidence of present crop damage on Kauaʻi.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Catalog lists Hawaii I., Kauaʻi I., Lānaʻi 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
- Aegolipton reflexa
- 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
- Aegolipton reflexa was treated historically as Megopis (Aegosoma) reflexa.