''Eupalessa attenuata'' 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 ...

, and the only species in the genus ''Eupalessa''. It was described by James Thomson in 1868.Biolib.cz - ''Eupalessa attenuata''
Retrieved on 8 September 2014. The genus was originally known as ''Eupales'', named by Dillon and Dillon in 1946; however, this name was preoccupied by the leaf beetle genus '' Eupales'' Lefèvre, 1885, so it was renamed to ''Eupalessa'' by Miguel A. Monné in 2005.

References

Onciderini Beetles described in 1868 {{Onciderini-stub