''Adoretus sinicus'' or the Chinese rose beetle is a scarab beetle, and a member of the genus ''

Adoretus ''Adoretus'' is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles. They are native to Africa and Asia, and two species occur in Europe. Description ''Adoretus'' beetles are elongate and oval in shape, 10-12 long, and brown with a covering of white/cre ...

'', subgenus ''Adoretus''.

Food

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it feeds on the indigenous ʻakiohala (''

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'') and maʻo hau hele (''

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'').

References

Rutelinae Beetles described in 1855 Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister {{Rutelinae-stub