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Teak trunk borer

Stromatium barbatum (Fabricius, 1775)

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The teak trunk borer (Stromatium barbatum) is a species in the family Cerambycidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 20 countries, including Australia, Bangladesh and Bhutan.

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Quick facts about the teak trunk borer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
20 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the teak trunk borer live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The teak trunk borer is listed for 20 countries.

TanzaniaCanadaUnited States of AmericaMadagascarOmanMyanmarIndiaBangladeshBhutanNepalPakistanSpainAustraliaSri LankaUnited KingdomFinlandEgypt
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Bhutan
  4. Canada
  5. Egypt
  6. Finland
  7. India
  8. Madagascar
  9. Mauritius
  10. Myanmar (Burma)
  11. Nepal
  12. Oman
  13. Pakistan
  14. Réunion
  15. Seychelles
  16. Spain
  17. Sri Lanka
  18. Tanzania
  19. United Kingdom
  20. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the teak trunk borer as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Sweden

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the teak trunk borer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the teak trunk borer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCerambycidae
  6. genusStromatium
  7. SpeciesStromatium barbatum (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms Callidium barbatum, Callidium funestum, Callidium variolosum, Cerambyx tranquebaricus, Sromatium barbatum, Stromatium barbaratum

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Gros moutouc des meubles de maisonFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the teak trunk borer

Other species in the same genus Stromatium.

CompareTeak trunk borer vs Stromatium alienumTeak trunk borer vs Stromatium auratumTeak trunk borer vs Stromatium darwinenseTeak trunk borer vs Stromatium longicorne

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the teak trunk borer live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the teak trunk borer for 20 countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Canada and Egypt. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the teak trunk borer an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the teak trunk borer as introduced in 1 country: Sweden, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the teak trunk borer?

The teak trunk borer (Stromatium barbatum) belongs to the family Cerambycidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Teak trunk borer (Stromatium barbatum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/teak-trunk-borer

MLA

“Teak trunk borer (Stromatium barbatum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/teak-trunk-borer.

BibTeX
@misc{teak_trunk_borer_2026,
  title = {Teak trunk borer (Stromatium barbatum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/teak-trunk-borer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}