Phryneta leprosa

Phryneta leprosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Phryneta
Species:	P. leprosa
Binomial name
Phryneta leprosa (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Inesida brunnicornis (Guérin-Méneville) Thomson, 1860 Inesida leprosa (Fabricius) Lacordaire, 1872 Lamia leprosa Fabricius, 1775 Phryneta brunnicornis Guérin-Méneville, 1844

The Castilloa Borer (Phryneta leprosa) is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775, originally under the genus Lamia. It has a wide distribution throughout Africa. It feeds on Morus alba, Hevea brasiliensis, Coffea arabica, and Chlorophora excelsa.^[1]

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