Epithora dorsalis (W.S. Macleay, 1826) (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): 20
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
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 viminalis is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus sp. is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Malaise trapping — Not specified — Panel trapping — Pipe trapping — Rearing in insectary (host not documented) — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus amygdalina — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus dalrypleana — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus delegatensis — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus obliqua — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus ovata — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus pulchella — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus tenuiramis — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus viminalis — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus sp. — Sticky trapping on Acacia dealbata — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus viminalis.

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.
Bashford, R. (1994). Life history and mortality of the longicorn Epithora dorsalis MacLeay (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Tasmania. Aust. Entom. 21 (4): 125-136.