Phoracantha superans Pascoe, 1862 (a species of longhorn-beetle)

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Wang, Q. (1995a). A revision of the Australian genus Phoracantha Newman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Invert. Taxon. 9: 865-958.
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).

Collection method(s) for TMAG 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 nitens — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus globulus.

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.
Daley, E. (2007). Wings: an introduction to Tasmania’s winged insects. Hobart: 40 Degrees South Pty. Ltd., 236 pages.