Phryneta leprosa
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Phryneta leprosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Genus: | Phryneta |
Species: | P. leprosa
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Binomial name | |
Phryneta leprosa (Fabricius, 1775)
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Phryneta leprosa, the Castilloa borer, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775, originally under the genus Lamia. It has a wide distribution throughout Africa. It feeds on Morus alba, Hevea brasiliensis, Coffea arabica, and Chlorophora excelsa.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ BioLib.cz - Phryneta leprosa. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.