Coptops aedificator

Coptops aedificator
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Coptops
Species:	C. aedificator
Binomial name
Coptops aedificator (Fabricius, 1792)
Synonyms
Cerambyx fuscus Olivier, 1792 Cerambyx villica Olivier, 1792 Coptops calliginosus Dejean, 1837 Coptops fuscus (Olivier, 1792) Coptops quadristigma Fahraeus, 1872 Lachnia (Coptops) parallela Audinet-Serville, 1835 Lamia aedificator Fabricius, 1792 Phymasterna inhambanensis Bertoloni, 1876 Coptops bidens (Fabricius)

Coptops aedificator, the Albizia long-horned beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1792, originally under the genus Lamia. It is known from Djibouti, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Oman, Gabon, India, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Senegal, South Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, and Zambia. It was also introduced into Cape Verde, Hawaii, and Taiwan. It feeds on Theobroma cacao and several Coffea species, including C. arabica, C. canephora, and C. liberica var. dewevrei.[1]

References

1. BioLib.cz - Coptops aedificator. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.