Pentacosmia scoparia
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
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
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Tribe: Rhodopinini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 13
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Ślipiński, A. & Escalona, H. (2013). Australian longhorn beetles (Coleoptea: Cerambycidae), Volume 1: Introduction and Subfamily Lamiinae. CSIRO publishing, 504 pp.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Sticky trapping on Acacia melanoxylon.
