Tanbark Borer Lat. “Phymatodes testaceus“
Phymatodes testaceus (commonly known as the tanbark borer, or the violet tanbark beetle) is a transpalearctic polymorphic species of beetle in the subfamily Cerambycinae in the longhorn beetle family.



Ancestry Graph
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flowchart LR
classDef active fill:#fff
arthropods("phylum: Arthropods"):::active
arthropods-->insects("class: Insects"):::active
insects-->beetles("order: Beetles"):::active
beetles-->longhorn-beetles("family: Longhorn Beetles"):::active
longhorn-beetles-.->black-striped-longhorn-beetle(["species: Black-striped Longhorn Beetle"])
longhorn-beetles-.->common-grammoptera(["species: common grammoptera"])
longhorn-beetles-.->fairy-ring-longhorn-beetle(["species: Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle"])
longhorn-beetles-.->red-pine-longhorn-beetle(["species: Red Pine Longhorn Beetle"])
longhorn-beetles-.->speckled-longhorn-beetle(["species: speckled longhorn beetle"])
longhorn-beetles-.->spotted-longhorn-beetle(["species: Spotted Longhorn Beetle"])
longhorn-beetles-.->spruce-shortwing-beetle(["species: spruce shortwing beetle"])
longhorn-beetles==>tanbark-borer(["species: Tanbark Borer"]):::active
longhorn-beetles-.->variable-longhorn-beetle(["species: variable longhorn beetle"])
click black-striped-longhorn-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/black-striped-longhorn-beetle/"
click common-grammoptera href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/common-grammoptera/"
click fairy-ring-longhorn-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/fairy-ring-longhorn-beetle/"
click red-pine-longhorn-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/red-pine-longhorn-beetle/"
click speckled-longhorn-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/speckled-longhorn-beetle/"
click spotted-longhorn-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/spotted-longhorn-beetle/"
click spruce-shortwing-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/spruce-shortwing-beetle/"
click tanbark-borer href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/tanbark-borer/"
click variable-longhorn-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/variable-longhorn-beetle/"
click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/"
click insects href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/"
click beetles href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/"
click longhorn-beetles href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/"
Further Information
„Tanbark Borer“ on wikipedia.org
„Tanbark Borer“ on iNaturalist.org
Copyright

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