TRAGOCEPHALA JUCUNDA
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 CLICK FOR DOWNLOAD --------------------------------- Classification Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Cerambycidae Subfamily: Lamiinae Tribe: Tragocephalini Genus: Tragocephala Species: T. Jucunda
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TRAGOCEPHALA JUCUNDATragocephala jucunda is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Gory in 1835, originally under the genus Lamia. It is known from South Africa and Madagascar. Members of the genus Tragocephala are widespread as pests of cocoa, and other tree crops, in West and also in East Africa. The egg is laid in an unhardened stem and the oviposition behaviour is complex; the stem is first girdled at a point where it is less than one centimetre in diameter and an oviposition slit excavated above the girdle. The ovipositor is inserted into this slit and the egg is concealed inside the stem; the adult finally closes the oviposition slit with her mandibles.
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