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Genus Phoracantha - Eucalyptus Borer

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Possible longhorn beetle rescued from a fountain - Phoracantha recurva Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer - Phoracantha recurva Who Am I? - Phoracantha recurva Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer - Phoracantha recurva -- correct? - Phoracantha recurva Phoracantha recurva Phoracantha recurva (not semipunctata?) - Phoracantha recurva Phoracantha recurva (not semipunctata?) - Phoracantha recurva * - Phoracantha recurva - male
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
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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