Batocera rubus

Batocera rubus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Batocera
Species:	B. rubus
Binomial name
	Batocera rubus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Batocera octomaculata (Fabricius); Cerambyx albomaculatus Retzius, 1783; Cerambyx rubus Linnaeus, 1758; Lamia downesi Hope, 1845; Lamia octomaculata Fabricius, 1792;

Batocera rubus, the mango longhorn or rubber root borer, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is known from Japan, China, Java, India, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Sumatra, Thailand, and Vietnam.^[1] It feeds on Ficus carica, Ficus elastica, and Mangifera indica. It's a medium-large species of longhorn beetle that measures a length of 20-65 mm from head to tip.

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