Batocera boisduvali
Batocera boisduvali | |
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Museum specimen of Batocera boisduvali | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Superfamily: | Cerambycoidea |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Subfamily: | Lamiinae |
Genus: | Batocera |
Species: | B. boisduvali |
Binomial name | |
Batocera boisduvali (Hope, 1839) | |
Batocera boisduvali, the Great Fig Tree Borer, is a species of flat-faced longhorn beetle belonging to the Cerambycidae family, Lamiinae subfamily.[1]
Description
Batocera boisduvali is a large longhorn beetle reaching 50–57 millimetres (2.0–2.2 in) of length.[2] [3]
The elytra of these beetles show a dark grey colour with white to yellowish spots.[3]
Adults feed on the sap of the bark, while larvae bore tunnels into the trunk and larger branches. [2] Larval host plants are native fig trees Ficus watkinsiana, Ficus rubiginosa, Ficus microphylla, Ficus ehretioides (Moraceae) and Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae). [1]
Distribution and habitat
This species can be found in rainforests of New South Wales and Queensland (Australia). [1][2]
References
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