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Which insect is called a horn beetle?
A. Tribolium
B. Corcyra
C. Trogoderma
D. None of the above

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Hint:Long-horned beetle (Cerambycidae family), also known as longicorn, is one of approximately 25,000 species of beetles (Coleoptera insect order), the common name of which is derived from the exceptionally long antennae of most species. Such beetles occur throughout the world, but in the tropics, they are the most numerous.

Complete answer:Anoplophora glabripennis, the Horn Beetle. A species native to China, Japan, and Korea is the Asian longhorned beetle. It's often referred to as the starry sky. Shiny black with 20 spots on each wing characterizes them. Many adults visit flowers (e.g., Clytus arietis of Europe) and have coloring patterns of yellow, black, and orange that resemble wasps. Some Clytus tropical species resemble ants.
Take a look at all the options to get the appropriate answer,
In the family Tenebrionidae, dark beetles, the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) is a beetle genus. It is a scourge of stored goods worldwide.
The economically important stored grain pest in Asia, Africa, North America, and Europe is Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) (Lepidoptera Pyralidae).
The beetle occurs in hot dry weather, predictably in areas that have an average temperature of more than 20 ° C and RH for at least 4 months of the year.

Hence, choice D is the correct answer.

Note: In the larval stage, Horn Beetle lives in pine trees. The locust borer (Megacyllene robiniae) is another cerambycid, which is black with yellow stripes around the body. In black locust trees, female locust borers lay their eggs. They bore into the inner bark of the tree after the larvae hatch, forming tunnels and leaving the tree vulnerable to harmful infection by a fungal species known as Fomes rimosus.