Biological observations for invasive and exotic insect species Anoplophora chinensis (Forster, 1771)

In recent years, invasive and exotic insect species have been frequently found in turkey. anoplophorachinensis (forster, 1771) was first recorded in şile (istanbul province) county, turkey, in june 2014 and later inzeytinburnu (the garden of the abdi ipekçi sports complex and the surrounding) in july in the same year. this studywas conducted in these two counties in particular between june 2014 and july 2016 with the aims of making remarkson an earlier misidentification of anoplophora species and determining the life cycle and the host plants in istanbul,turkey. it was noted that the record of a. glabripennis in istanbul was a misidentification of a. chinensis. it took 1 yearto complete its generation. the primary host plant of this insect was found to be acer negundo.