Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00473
Plagithmysus akoko
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About Plagithmysus akoko
Plagithmysus akoko was reared from native Euphorbia collected along the Awaʻawapuhi Trail on Kauaʻi at about 790 m.
Natural history and identification
Plagithmysus akoko was reared from native Euphorbia collected along the Awaʻawapuhi Trail on Kauaʻi at about 790 m. The female holotype emerged in December 1973 and was described in 1976. It is a slender, reddish-brown longhorn beetle about 6 mm long, with pale hairs forming uneven bands on the wing covers. The rearing record is direct evidence of its woody host association, unlike an adult merely resting on a plant.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Catalog explicitly lists Kauaʻi I.; original description in 'New Plagithmysines from Kauai and West Maui'.
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
- Plagithmysus akoko
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Endemic — Kauaʻi
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Plagithmysus akoko was reared from native Euphorbia collected along the Awaʻawapuhi Trail on Kauaʻi at about 790 m.