Elegant rhinoceros beetle

Description

Oryctes elegans,the Date palm fruit stalk borer is a pest of date palm crops with an economic level of damage.This species widely distributed throughout the Middle East including Iraq, Qatar,Oman,Egypt,UAE,Saudi Arabia and Libya.Major hosts of Oryctes elegans are Date palm,coconut and ornamental palm trees. Adult borer causes damage by feeding on the bases of frond and bunches and making long tunnels in the tissue.Which subsequently become a breaking point for frond and bunches.