Batocera boisduvali

Batocera boisduvali
Museum specimen of Batocera boisduvali
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cerambycoidea
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Genus: Batocera
Species: B. boisduvali
Binomial name
Batocera boisduvali
(Hope, 1839)

Batocera boisduvali, the Great Fig Tree Borer, is a species of flat-faced longhorns beetle belonging to the Cerambycidae family, Lamiinae subfamily.

Description

Batocera boisduvali is a large long-horn beetle reaching 50–57 millimetres (2.0–2.2 in) of length. Adults feed on the sap of the bark, while larvae bore tunnels into the trunk and larger branches. Larval host plants are native fig trees Ficus watkinsiana, Ficus rubiginosa, Ficus microphylla, Ficus ehretioides (Moraceae) and Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae).

Distribution and habitat

This species can be found in rainforests of New South Wales and Queensland (Australia).

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