Biology:Acalolepta mixta

Acalolepta mixta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Lamiinae
Tribe:	Lamiini
Genus:	Acalolepta
Species:	A. mixta
Binomial name
	Acalolepta mixta; (Hope, 1841)
Synonyms
	Dihammus mixtus (Hope, 1841); Monohammus mixtus Hope, 1841; Acalolepta mixtus (Hope, 1841) (misspelling); Acalolepta bispinosa (Breuning, 1935); Acalolepta bispinosipennis Breuning, 1969; Acalolepta savoensis Breuning, 1979; Acalolepta sumbawana Breuning, 1969; Dihammus bispinosus Breuning, 1935;

Short description: Species of beetle

Acalolepta mixta is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Frederick William Hope in 1841, originally under the genus Monohammus. It is known from Australia , and was introduced to the Solomon Islands, Indonesia (Sulawesi, Sumbawa, Savu), Singapore and Vietnam. It feeds on Theobroma cacao, Adansonia digitata, Mangifera indica, Excoecaria agallocha, and Moringa oleifera.^[1]

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