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Phoracantha lata (Hope, 1841) (a species of longhorn-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea

Family: Cerambycidae

Subfamily: Cerambycinae

Tribe: Phoracanthini

Morphology
Typical length (mm): 28
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.

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

 

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