Demonax decorus is a species of long-horned beetle found in southern India and Sri Lanka.[1] It is about 1-1.5 cm long with black and yellowish-olive markings formed by fine pubescence.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Demonax |
| Species: | D. decorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Demonax decorus Gahan, 1906
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These beetles lay their eggs on the trunks of old trees especially of citrus in cultivation and a forest species like Litsea.[3] The larvae are xylophagous.
References
edit- ^ Makihara, Hiroshi; Mannakkara, Amani; Fujimura, Toshihiko; Ohtake, Akio (2008). "Checklist of longicorn coleoptera of Sri Lanka (1) Vesperidae and Cerambycidae excluding Lamiinae" (PDF). Bulletin of FFPRI. 7 (2): 95–110.
- ^ Gahan, C. J. (1906). Fauna of British India. Coleoptera. Cerambycidae. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 288–289.
- ^ Narendran, T. C.; Rajmohana, K.; Abhilash, P.; Bijoy, C. (2013). "Taxonomic studies on some Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) associated with xylophagous beetle Demonaxdecorus Gahan (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Kerala (India) with descriptions of five new species" (PDF). Samagra. 9 (26): 3–22.