Kingdom Animalia Family Cerambycidae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | Class Insecta Subfamily Lamiinae Genus Tragocephala Order Beetle | |
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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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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(Text) CC BY-SA