''Epepeotes ambigenus'' is a species of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

in the family

Cerambycidae The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by anten ...

. It was described by

Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat (29 March 1799, Paris – 16 December 1884, Paris) was a French entomologist. He specialized mainly on the beetles and was a founder of the Societe entomologique de France in 1832. Chevrolat worked as a toll adm ...

in 1841. It is known from

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and the

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. It feeds on ''

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'' and '' Ficus nota''.BioLib.cz - ''Epepeotes ambigenus''
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Subspecies

* ''Epepeotes ambigenus ambigenus'' (Chevrolat, 1841) * ''Epepeotes ambigenus formosanus'' Breuning, 1943

References

ambigenus Beetles described in 1841 {{Lamiini-stub