Phoracantha semipunctata
Etats-Unis, Portugal, Ile de la Runion, Afrique du Sud, Zimbabwe, Espagne, Sude, Prou, Rpublique Arabe de Syrie, Turquie, Egypte, Uruguay, Zambie, Angleterre, Libye, Corse, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guine, Iles Canaries, Afrique du Nord, Palestine, Rpubliq 36257 0
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"Larnaca – Ayia Varvara, near Stravrovouni. Emerged on september 14, 1984 from Eucalyptus collected on july 24, 1984" (Berger 1988).
Alien:
"...there was also a scattering of trees dying, or dead, from attack by Ph. semipunctata" (Day 1959); "Breeding in large numbers in trunks of felled Eucalyptus gomphocephala and E. camaldulensis" (Georghiou 1977); Affects aesthetics of the urban landscape as eucalypts are commonly used as ornamentals (Demetriou pers. comm.)
Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)
Day WR (1959) Observations on Eucalypts in Cyprus.: I. The Character of Gum Veins and Anatomical Indications for their Origin. Empire Forestry Review 38(1): 35-44.
Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens Greece 347 pp.
Berger P (1988) Contribution à l’histoire naturelle de lîle de Chypre (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae, Buprestidae, Elateridae). Biocosme mésogéen 5(3-4): 77-83 [literature record kindly provided by Christian Cocquempot].