Tragocephala variegata

Tragocephala variegata
Museum specimen of Tragocephala variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Genus: Tragocephala
Species: T. variegata
Binomial name
Tragocephala variegata
Bertoloni, 1849
Synonyms
  • Tragocephala variegata m. bellamyi Téocchi, 1991
  • Tragocephala variegata m. pallida Breuning, 1970
  • Tragocephala venusta Thomson, 1857

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

Varietas

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

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