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Prosopocera lactator

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Prosopocera lactator
Prosopocera lactator dorsal and ventral views
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Prosopocera
Species:
P. lactator
Binomial name
Prosopocera lactator
(Fabricius, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Anoplostheta lactator (Fabricius) Dejean, 1835
  • Lamia lactator Fabricius, 1801
  • Lamia radiata Gory, 1835

Prosopocera lactator, the Turquoise Longhorn, is a species of flat-faced longhorn beetles in the subfamily Lamiinae.

Subspecies

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  • Prosopocera lactator lactator (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Prosopocera lactator meridionalis Jordan, 1903
  • Prosopocera lactator poggei Harold, 1878

Description

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Prosopocera lactator can reach a length of about 23–37 millimetres (0.91–1.46 in). The colors and markings of these longhorn beetles are quite variable. Usually they are brown-colored, with large light greenish or whitish patches on the elytra and pronotum and turquoise leg markings. The coloration of said greenish-white patches derives from the orientation of three-dimensional photonic-crystal grains present in the scales. These beetles feed exclusively on Cashew (Anacardium occidentale). Females lay their eggs in the stems and branches of the Buffalo Thorn (Ziziphus mucronata).

Distribution

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This species can be found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.

References

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