Glenea apicalis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1857, originally under the genus Saperda. It has a wide distribution in Africa. It feeds on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.[1]

Glenea apicalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Glenea
Species:
G. apicalis
Binomial name
Glenea apicalis
(Chevrolat, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Saperda apicalis Chevrolat, 1857
  • Volumnia apicalis (Chevrolat, 1857)

Varietas

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  • Glenea apicalis var. guineensis (Chevrolat, 1861)
  • Glenea apicalis var. westermannii (Thomson, 1860)

References

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  1. ^ BioLib.cz - Glenea apicalis. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.