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| Species: | P. sanguinolentus |
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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]
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