Desisa subfasciata (Pascoe, 1862)

Pham, Duy Long, Chi, Nguyen Minh, Loi, Vu Van, Danh, Duong Ngoc, Vui, Nguyen Thi Kim, Hung, Pham Tien, Dinh, Le Cong, Ha, Ngoc Linh & Vitali, Francesco, 2023, Longhorn beetles as new pests for exotic plantations in Vietnam, Ecologica Montenegrina 70, pp. 188-198 : 192

Desisa subfasciata damage in Eucalyptus hybrid

First and second-instar larvae initially feed the layered statue, then break it down, as they tunnel deeper into the sapwood and create zigzag galleries at the top of the tree. Larval burrows are 8.6–12.4 mm wide and 16– 25 cm long. Exit holes range from 10 to 11.5 mm in diameter. D. subfasciata often infest the tops of trees, 1– 1.5 m away from the bud of the main top. Preferentially diseased host trees, potentially leading to branch dieback or even tree death.