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Species Phoracantha recurva

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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 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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