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Tragocephala variegata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Cerambycidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Lamiinae

Genus
  
Tragocephala

Order
  
Beetle

Tragocephala variegata

Similar
  
Tragocephala, Beetle, Tragocephala nobilis, Tragocephala jucunda, Paranaleptes reticulata

Tragocephala variegata, the longhorn shoot borer, is a species of flat-faced longhorn beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae.

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Varietas

  • Tragocephala variegata var. albida Aurivillius, 1923
  • Tragocephala variegata var. chevrolatii White, 1856
  • Tragocephala variegata var. kaslica Thomson, 1878
  • Tragocephala variegata var. nigropunctata Harold, 1878
  • Tragocephala variegata var. sulphurea Breuning, 1934
  • Tragocephala variegata var. vittata (Fåhraeus, 1872)

    • Description

    Tragocephala variegata can reach a body length of about 17–26 millimetres (0.67–1.02 in). These longhorn beetles have yellow elytra with irregular black markings. Pronotum is divided by a central longitudinal yellow stripe.

    These beetles feed on Baobab (Adansonia digitata), Spanish Cedar (Cedrela odorata), Mango (Mangifera indica), Blackeyed Pea (Vigna unguiculata), Senegal Mahogany (Khaya senegalensis).

    Distribution

    This species can be found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

    References

    Tragocephala variegata Wikipedia
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