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Phoracantha recurva

Newman, 1840
Arthropoda » Coleoptera » Cerambycidae » Phoracantha recurva
dead Phoracantha recurva found in Eucalyptus sp. branch
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Common name (English)
Lesser Eucalyptus longhorn
Ηabitat
D2 Valley mires
G5 Anthropogenic woodlands
I2 Parks
X11 Large parks
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X20 Treeline

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
2007
Impacts
Negative

Affects aesthetics of the urban landscape as eucalypts are commonly used as ornamentals (Demetriou pers. comm.)

Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Timber trade – TT
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant on plants (except parasites) – Con Plant
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant nursery material – CNM
Pathway detail

Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)

References

Alziar G, Lemaire J-M (2008) Quelques donnees chorologiques sur divers insects Euro-Mediterraneens (Coleoptera, Heteroptera, et Lepidoptera). Biocosme Mésogéen Nice 25(4): 127–132.

Demetriou J (2021) Non-native insects in protected and urbanised areas in Cyprus. MSc Thesis, Department of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of Biology, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

Sazhnev AS, Zvereva VA (2022) First record of invasive longhorn beetle Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1840 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) for Cyprus. Field Journal of the Biologist 4(3): 247-249. https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2022-4-3-247-249

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