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Phlyctaenodes pustulatus (Hope, 1841) (a species of longhorn-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea

Family: Cerambycidae

Subfamily: Cerambycinae

Tribe: Phlyctaenodini

Morphology
Typical length (mm): 16
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
McKeown, K.C. (1947). Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 10: 1-190.

Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Baited trapping (funnel trap).

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