Monochamus leuconotus

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Monochamus leuconotus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Tribe: Lamiini
Genus: Monochamus
Species:
M. leuconotus
Binomial name
Monochamus leuconotus
(Pascoe, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Anthores leuconotus Pascoe, 1869
  • Herpetophygas fasciatus (Fåhraeus) Fåhraeus, 1872
  • Monohammus leucopterus Heyne-Tasch., 1906
  • Phygas fasciatus Fåhraeus, 1872

Monochamus leuconotus (African white stem borer of coffee) is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1869, originally under the genus Anthores. It is known from Tanzania, Cameroon, Malawi, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Angola, and Zimbabwe. It feeds on Coffea arabica.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ BioLib.cz - Monochamus leuconotus. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.