Acalolepta tincturata

Acalolepta tincturata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1866. It is known from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. It feeds on Hevea brasiliensis, Pinus patula, Spathodea campanulata, Araucaria cunninghamii, and Plumeria acutifolia.[1]

Acalolepta tincturata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Genus: Acalolepta
Species:
A. tincturata
Binomial name
Acalolepta tincturata
(Pascoe, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Dihammus tincturatus (Pascoe) Breuning, 1936
  • Monohammus tincturatus Pascoe, 1866

References

  1. BioLib.cz - Acalolepta tincturata. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.


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