Adoretus sinicus

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

Adoretus sinicus
The beetle feeding
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Adoretus
Species:	A. sinicus
Binomial name
Adoretus sinicus Burmeister, 1855

Food

Damage caused by feeding

In Oʻahu it feeds on the indigenous ʻakiohala (Hibiscus furcellatus)^[1] and maʻo hau hele (Hibiscus brackenridgei).