Coptocercus rubripes (Boisduval, 1835) (a species of longhorn-beetle)

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp.

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 22
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Wang, Q. (1995). A revision of the Australasian genus Coptocercus Hope (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Phoracanthini), with descriptions of twenty-one new species. Invert. Taxon. 9: 447-528.
Ślipiński, A. & Escalona, H. (2016). Australian longhorn beetles (Coleoptea: Cerambycidae), Volume 2: Subfamily Cerambycinae. CSIRO publishing, 640 pp.

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

Ecological attributes: — Eucalyptus obliqua is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus sieberi is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Can inflict significant damage on Eucalyptus spp. (Elliott & deLittle, 1985).

Collection method(s) for TFIC material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Not specified — Rearing in insectary (host not documented) — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus amygdalina — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus dalrypleana — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus obliqua — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus pulchella — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus sieberi — Rearing in insectary from Leptospermum lanigerum.

Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1990a). Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants: records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission insect collection. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 32 pages.
Elliott, H.J. & deLittle, D.W. (1985). Insect pests of trees and timber in Tasmania. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 90 pages.Tooltip Text