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Phoracantha

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Phoracantha
Phoracantha obscura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Genus: Phoracantha
Newman, 1840

Phoracantha is a genus of eucalyptus borers in the family Cerambycidae. There are at least two described species in Phoracantha.[1][2][3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Phoracantha Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Phoracantha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Phoracantha Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Monné, Miguel A.; Giesbert, Edmund F. (1995). Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Vol. 2nd ed. Wolfsgarden Books. ISBN 1-885850-01-8.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.