Adoretus sinicus

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|authority = Burmeister, 1855

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

Food

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In Oʻahu it feeds on the indigenous ʻakiohala (Hibiscus furcellatus){{Cite web|work=Native Plants Hawaii|title=Hibiscus furcellatus|url=http://www.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_furcellatus|date=4 January 2017}} and maʻo hau hele (Hibiscus brackenridgei).

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Category:Rutelinae

Category:Beetles described in 1855

Category:Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister

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