Ceroplesis orientalis

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Ceroplesis orientalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Ceroplesis
Species:
C. orientalis
Binomial name
Ceroplesis orientalis
(Herbst, 1786)
Synonyms
  • Cerambyx cafferThunberg, 1787
  • Cerambyx herbstiGmelin, 1790
  • Cerambyx orientalisHerbst, 1786
  • Ceroplesis caffer(Thunberg) Marsh., 1902
  • Ceroplesis orientalis ambonicaFiedler, 1938
  • Ceroplesis orientalis orientalis(Herbst) Breuning, 1937
  • Ceroplesis orientalis pseudocafferFiedler, 1938
  • Lamia lemniscataLicht., 1796
  • Ceroplesis bicincta(Fabricius) Ormer, 1889

Ceroplesis orientalis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1786. It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Cameroon, Malawi, Kenya, Gabon, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Namibia, Somalia, Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Togo. [1] It feeds on Acacia decurrens and Acacia abyssinica .

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References

  1. BioLib.cz - Ceroplesis orientalis. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.