Phosphorus virescens

Short description: Species of beetle

Phosphorus virescens

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Scientific classification
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Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/PhosphorusPhosphorus virescens

(Olivier, 1795)

Synonyms

* Tragocephala virescens (Olivier, 1795)
* Phosphorus robustus Aurivillius, 1914
* Prosopocera virescens (Olivier, 1795)
* Voetia virescens (Olivier, 1795)
* Cerambix virescens Olivier, 1795
* Cerambix angulator Olivier, 1795

Phosphorus virescens is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1795, originally under the genus Cerambix. It has a wide distribution throughout Africa.[1] It is the only species in the genus Phosphorus.[2][3][4]

The species is known to damage Cola nitida in cultivation where it is known as the Kola tree borer.[5] Larvae bore through the stems causing death of branches. The yellow coloration on the elytra is fluorescent.[6]

## References

1. ↑ BioLib.cz - Phosphorus virescens. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
2. ↑ "Phosphorus". https://www.gbif.org/species/8143542.
3. ↑ "Phosphorus Thomson, 1857". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/BJD38.
4. ↑ Bezark, Larry G.. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the Old World". http://bezbycids.com/byciddb/wdefault.asp?w=o.
5. ↑ Ojo, A. A. (1981). "Investigaciones sobre el control del barrenador del tallo de la cola (Phosphorus virescens Oliver); (Cerambycidae: coleoptera) en Nigeria Occidental" (in en). Turrialba 31 (3): 267-268. https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/12191.
6. ↑ Van Hooijdonk, Eloise; Barthou, Carlos; Vigneron, Jean Pol; Berthier, Serge (2013). "Yellow structurally modified fluorescence in the longhorn beetles Celosterna pollinosa sulfurea and Phosphorus virescens (Cerambycidae)" (in en). Journal of Luminescence 136: 313–321. doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2012.12.022.

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