''Phryneta spinator'', the fig-tree borer longhorn beetle or fig tree borer, is a species of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

in the family

Cerambycidae The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than ...

. It was described by

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in 1792, originally under the genus ''

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''. It has a wide distribution throughout

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. It feeds on ''

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'', ''

Ficus carica The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae. Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the w ...

'', ''

Salix babylonica ''Salix babylonica'' (Babylon willow or weeping willow; ) is a species of willow native to dry areas of northern China, but cultivated for millennia elsewhere in Asia, being traded along the Silk Road to southwest Asia and Europe.Flora of China' ...

'', '' Cupressus sempervirens'', and ''

Vitis vinifera ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, is a species of flowering plant, native to the Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean region, Central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern ...

''.BioLib.cz - ''Phryneta spinator''
Retrieved on 8 September 2014. left, Fig tree borer in the Kruger Park

Varietas

* ''Phryneta spinator var. obscura'' (Olivier, 1792) * ''Phryneta spinator var. ugandae'' Aurivillius, 1914

References

Phrynetini Beetles described in 1792 {{Phrynetini-stub