Acalolepta mixta

Acalolepta mixta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Acalolepta
Species: A. mixta
Binomial name
Acalolepta mixta
(Hope, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Dihammus mixtus (Hope, 1841)
  • Dihammus vastator (Newman, 1847)
  • Haplohammus vastator (Newman, 1841)
  • Monohammus mixtus Hope, 1841
  • Monohammus vastator Newman, 1847
  • Acalolepta mixtus (Hope, 1841) (misspelling)
  • Monohammus fistulator (Germar, 1924)

The Passion vine longicorn (Acalolepta mixta) is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Frederick William Hope in 1841, originally under the genus Monohammus. It is known from Australia, and was introduced to the Solomon Islands. It feeds on Theobroma cacao, Adansonia digitata, Mangifera indica, Excoecaria agallocha, and Moringa oleifera.[1]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib.cz - Acalolepta mixta. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.