Phryneta spinator

Fig tree borer
Phryneta spinator from Togo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Phryneta
Species:
P. spinator
Binomial name
Phryneta spinator
(Fabricius, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Lamia spinator Fabricius, 1792

Phryneta spinator, the fig-tree borer longhorn beetle or fig tree borer, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1792, originally under the genus Lamia. It has a wide distribution throughout Africa. It feeds on Pyrus communis, Ficus carica, Salix babylonica, Cupressus sempervirens, and Vitis vinifera.[1]

Fig tree borer in the Kruger Park

Varietas

  • Phryneta spinator var. obscura (Olivier, 1792)
  • Phryneta spinator var. ugandae Aurivillius, 1914

References

  1. ^ BioLib.cz - Phryneta spinator. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.


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