Phoracantha recurva
Yellow Phoracantha borer at Ainslie, ACT
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| Phoracantha recurva | MichaelBedingfield | 28 Nov 2019 | |
| Phoracantha recurva | jb2602 | 27 Nov 2019 |
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2 comments
3 Dec 2019
Image 1 is correctly identified as P. recurva - in this species the elytra are yellow in the basal half. Images 2, 3 and 4 are Phoracantha semipunctata, which has the elytra mostly black.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.153556-35.261301
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 20 Nov 2019 10:13 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Phoracantha recurva
Species information
- Phoracantha recurva Scientific name
- Yellow Phoracantha borer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 756m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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