Purpuricenus sanguinolentus

Purpuricenus sanguinolentus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Purpuricenus
Species:	P. sanguinolentus
Binomial name
Purpuricenus sanguinolentus (Olivier, 1795)
Synonyms
Cerambyx sanguinolentus Olivier, 1795 Philagathes sanguinolentus Lacordaire, 1869 Purpuricenus sanguinolentus Gahan, 190 Purpuricenus chopardi Lepesme, 1947

Purpuricenus sanguinolentus is a species of longhorn beetle native to Sri Lanka and India and possibly in China.[1][2]

The host plants into which the larvae burrow include Acacia arabica, Bambusa sp., Santalum album,[3] and Dendrocalamus strictus.[4]

References

1. "China, Purpuricenus sanguinolentus". Cerambycoidea Forum. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
2. "species Purpuricenus sanguinolentus (Olivier, 1795)". BioLib. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
3. Sundararaj, R.; Wilson, J. John; Vimala, D. (2019). "Stem borers of Indian sandalwood (Santalum album Linn.) in Karnataka, India". Journal of the Indian Academy of Wood Science. 16 (1): 31–35. doi:10.1007/s13196-019-00232-1. ISSN 0972-172X. S2CID 256071754.
4. "Checklist of longicorn coleoptera of Sri Lanka (1) Vesperidae and Cerambycidae excluding Lamiinae" (PDF). (Bulletin of FFPRI) Vol.7 No.2 (No.407) 95 - 110. Retrieved 2021-06-16.