Ceroplesis orientalis

Ceroplesis orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Ceroplesis
Species:	C. orientalis
Binomial name
*Ceroplesis orientalis* (Herbst, 1786)
Synonyms
Cerambyx caffer Thunberg, 1787 Cerambyx herbsti Gmelin, 1790 Cerambyx orientalis Herbst, 1786 Ceroplesis caffer (Thunberg) Marsh., 1902 Ceroplesis orientalis ambonica Fiedler, 1938 Ceroplesis orientalis orientalis (Herbst) Breuning, 1937 Ceroplesis orientalis pseudocaffer Fiedler, 1938 Lamia lemniscata Licht., 1796 Ceroplesis bicincta (Fabricius) Ormer, 1889

Ceroplesis orientalis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by 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.

Varietas

Ceroplesis orientalis var. latevittata Fairmaire, 1891
Ceroplesis orientalis var. leonensis Hintz, 1919

References

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

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