Callipyrga turrita
Callipyrga turrita is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Callipyrga. It was described by Edward Newman in 1842 using a specimen obtained by Rupert Kirk at Woodside near Sydney.[1][2] This species is endemic to coastal eastern Australia from Townsville in Queensland down to Glenmore in New South Wales.[3] The adult beetles are attracted to light and have been collected on Geijera parviflora and Flindersia xanthoxyla.[3]
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Genus: | Callipyrga |
Species: | C. turrita |
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References
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- Biolib.cz - Callipyrga turrita. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
- Newman, Edward (1842). "CXII.—Entomological Notes". The Entomologist. 1: 413–415 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Ślipiński, Adam; Escalona, Hermes E. (2013). Australian longhorn beetles (coleoptera: cerambycidae). Volume 1, Introduction and subfamily lamiinae. Collingwood, Vic.: Csiro Publishing. ISBN 9781486300044. OCLC 846534326.
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