| Purpuricenus sanguinolentus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Purpuricenus |
| Species: | P. sanguinolentus |
| Binomial name | |
| Purpuricenus sanguinolentus (Olivier, 1795) | |
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Purpuricenus sanguinolentus is a species of longhorn beetle native to Sri Lanka and India and possibly in China. [1] [2]
The host plants into which the larvae burrow include Acacia arabica , Bambusa sp., Santalum album , [3] and Dendrocalamus strictus . [4]