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Genus Phoracantha - Eucalyptus Borer

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Grooves under bark - Phoracantha semipunctata Possible longhorn beetle rescued from a fountain - Phoracantha recurva Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer - Phoracantha recurva Phoracantha recurva Who Am I? - Phoracantha recurva Found this backyard suburban San Diego - Phoracantha semipunctata Wayne’s Bug - Phoracantha Phoracantha recurva
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)
Subfamily Cerambycinae
Tribe Phoracanthini
Genus Phoracantha (Eucalyptus Borer)
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, both adventive(1)
Identification
images of the two spp.
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)
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.
2.Invasive species in California
3.University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 3 July, 2006 - 8:30am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, Ron M., v belov
Last updated 21 January, 2012 - 10:21pm

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