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Species Phoracantha semipunctata

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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)
Species semipunctata (Phoracantha semipunctata)
Range
native to Australia, adventive in NA (CA, first detected 1984)(1)
Food
on Eucalyptus(1)
Works Cited
1.Exotic bark- and wood-boring Coleoptera in the United States: recent establishments and interceptions
Haack R.A. 2006. Can. J. For. Res. 36(2): 269–288.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 18 August, 2007 - 10:41am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 4 March, 2011 - 1:36pm

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