''Golofa claviger'' is a beetle species of the genus '' Golofa''. It lives in

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

and

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

. It reaches about 40 to 65 mm for

males Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilisation. A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to ...

, and 35 to 55 mm for

females An organism's sex is female (symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and male ...

. This species is considered a pest of oil palms found in Brazil. The beetle's feeding behavior damages the palm's tissues and limits its photosynthetic capacity.

References

Dynastinae Beetles described in 1771 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Dynastinae-stub