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Species Phoracantha recurva

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Unknown beetle - Phoracantha recurva Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer - Phoracantha recurva What is this? - Phoracantha recurva Phoracantha recurva (not semipunctata?) - Phoracantha recurva Eucalyptus Borer (Phoracantha recurva) - Phoracantha recurva Eucalyptus Beetle (Phoracantha recurva) - Phoracantha recurva OAK HILLS - 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)
Species recurva (Phoracantha recurva)

Explanation of Names

Phoracantha recurva Newman 1840

Identification

Range

CA-AZ, native to Australia, adventive in N. Amer. (1)

Food

on Eucalyptus(1)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: CA 1995(1)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

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 Phillip Harpootlian on 3 July, 2006 - 11:08am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 September, 2015 - 2:00am

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