Asian long-horned beetle

Asian long-horned beetle
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Tribe:	Lamiini
Genus:	Anoplophora
Species:	A. glabripennis
Binomial name
Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky, 1853)
Synonyms
Cerosterna glabripennis Motschulsky, 1853 Cerosterna laevigator Thomson, 1857 Melanauster nobilis Ganglbauer, 1890 Melanauster luteonotatus Pic, 1925 Melanauster angustatus Pic, 1925 Melanauster nankineus Pic, 1926 Melanauster laglaisei Pic, 1953

The Asian long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), also known as the starry sky, sky beetle, or ALB, is native to the Korean Peninsula, northern and southern China, and disputably in northern Japan.^[1] This species has now been accidentally introduced into the eastern United States, where it was first discovered in 1996, as well as Canada, and several countries in Europe, including Austria, France, Germany, Italy and UK.