mesquite borer

Aneflus protensus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae

Placosternus difficilis, commonly known as the mesquite borer, is a wood-boring longhorn beetle which resembles a black and yellow wasp. Larvae of mesquite borers are deposited in, among others, mesquite trees, although it has been recorded from a range of hosts and is considered polyphagous. It has been seen to be attracted to mesquite trees when there is freshly cut or broken limbs and logs.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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mesquite borer

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