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); Monohammus mixtus Hope, 1841; Acalolepta mixtus (Hope, 1841) (misspelling); Acalolepta bispinosa (Breuning, 1935); Acalolepta bispinosipennis Breuning, 1969; Acalolepta savoensis Breuning, 1979; Acalolepta sumbawana Breuning, 1969; Dihammus bispinosus Breuning, 1935;

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, Indonesia (Sulawesi, Sumbawa, Savu), Singapore and Vietnam. It feeds on Theobroma cacao, Adansonia digitata, Mangifera indica, Excoecaria agallocha, and Moringa oleifera.^[1]

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