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Genus Phoracantha - Eucalyptus Borer

? Phoracantha recurva ? - Phoracantha recurva Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer, Phoracantha semipunctata - Phoracantha semipunctata Phoracantha recurva in Arizona - Phoracantha recurva - male Grooves under bark - Phoracantha semipunctata Possible longhorn beetle rescued from a fountain - Phoracantha recurva Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer - Phoracantha semipunctata - male Backyard bug mystery in San Diego  - Phoracantha recurva Phoracantha sp.? - Phoracantha recurva
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)
Subfamily Cerambycinae
Tribe Phoracanthini
Genus Phoracantha (Eucalyptus Borer)
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, both adventive(1)
Identification
Range
native to Australia, adventive in NA (CA)(1) (first detected 1984) and Eucalyptus-growing regions around the world(2)
Season
July
Food
on Eucalyptus(1)
Internet References
Fact sheets by Paine et al.(3), M. Hoddle(2)