Tragocephala variegata

Tragocephala variegata
	Museum specimen of Tragocephala variegata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Tragocephala
Species:	T. variegata
Binomial name
	Tragocephala variegata; Bertoloni, 1849
Synonyms
	Tragocephala variegata m. bellamyi Téocchi, 1991; Tragocephala variegata m. pallida Breuning, 1970; Tragocephala venusta Thomson, 1857;

Tragocephala variegata, the longhorn shoot borer, is a species of flat-faced longhorn beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae.

Varietas

Tragocephala variegata var. albida Aurivillius, 1923
Tragocephala variegata var. chevrolatii White, 1856
Tragocephala variegata var. kaslica Thomson, 1878
Tragocephala variegata var. nigropunctata Harold, 1878
Tragocephala variegata var. sulphurea Breuning, 1934
Tragocephala variegata var. vittata (Fåhraeus, 1872)

Description

Tragocephala variegata can reach a body length of about 17–26 millimetres (0.67–1.02 in). These longhorn beetles have yellow elytra with irregular black markings. Pronotum is divided by a central longitudinal yellow stripe.

These beetles feed on Baobab (Adansonia digitata), Spanish Cedar (Cedrela odorata), Mango (Mangifera indica), Blackeyed Pea (Vigna unguiculata), Senegal Mahogany (Khaya senegalensis).

Distribution

This species can be found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, but there have been minor sightings in other Central African countries.

References

Biolib
Worldwide Cerambycoidea Photo Gallery
Lamiaires du Monde
Hans G. Schabel Forest Entomology in East Africa: Forest Insects of Tanzania

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