Batocera rufomaculata

Batocera rufomaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Batocera
Species: B. rufomaculata
Binomial name
Batocera rufomaculata
(De Geer, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Cerambyx cruentatus Gmelin, 1790
  • Cerambyx rubiginosus Voet, 1778
  • Cerambyx rufomaculatus DeGeer, 1775
  • Batocera rubra (Linnaeus) Léfroy, 1909
  • Batocera rubus (Linnaeus) Schröter, 1776

Batocera rufomaculata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by De Geer in 1775. It is known from China, Israel, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Laos, Mauritius, Malaysia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Puerto Rico, Pakistan, Syria, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Barbados, and the Virgin Islands.[1] It feeds off of Ficus carica, Carica papaya, Mangifera indica, and Shorea robusta. It can be parasitically infected by Avetianella batocerae.

At Kanjirappally.
ventral view

Varietas

  • Batocera rufomaculata var. chlorinda Thomson, 1857
  • Batocera rufomaculata var. diana Nonfried, 1892
  • Batocera rufomaculata var. flavescens Breuning, 1950
  • Batocera rufomaculata var. polli Gahan, 1890
  • Batocera rufomaculata var. thysbe Thomson, 1878

References

  1. ↑ BioLib.cz - Batocera rufomaculata. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.


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