Mesosa nebulosa

Mesosa nebulosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Mesosa
Species:
M. nebulosa
Binomial name
Mesosa nebulosa
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Aphelocnemia nebulosa (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Cerambyx brevis Villers, 1789 nec Sulzer, 1776
  • Cerambyx nebulator Turton, 1806
  • Cerambyx nubilus Gmelin, 1790
  • Haplocnemia nebulosa (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Lamia nebulosa Fabricius, 1781
  • Lamia nubila (Schönherr)
  • Mesosa nubila (Gmelin, 1790)

Mesosa nebulosa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781, originally under the genus Lamia. It has a wide distribution throughout Europe and the Caucasus. It measures between 9 and 15 mm (0.35 and 0.59 in).[1]

M. nebulosa feeds on Corylus avellana, Ficus carica, and Juglans regia.[1]

Subspecies

  • Mesosa nebulosa algerica Pic, 1898
  • Mesosa nebulosa nebulosa (Fabricius, 1781)

References

  1. ^ a b BioLib.cz - Mesosa. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.


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