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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Genus: | Apriona |
Species: | A. cinerea
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Binomial name | |
Apriona cinerea
Chevrolat, 1852
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Apriona cinerea, also known as the poplar stem borer or the apple stem borer, [1] is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1852. It is known from India and Pakistan. [2] It contains the varietas Apriona cinerea var. newcombei.
An adult beetle is 26-50mm in length [1] and narrower in width at around 15-16mm. [3] They are greyish-yellow, and their underside is black. The antenna are slightly longer than the body, in both males and females. [3]
A. cinerea is native to the western ranges of the Himalayas and in the areas adjoining India and Pakistan. [1]
In India, they are found in north-western states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Hariyana and Punjab. [4]
As for Pakistan, A. cinerea can be found in the Sindh province, [3] in the Peshawar and Parachinar cities of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (also known as the North-West Frontier Province), [1] and Rawalpindi [1] of the Punjab province.
Apriona cinerea | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Genus: | Apriona |
Species: | A. cinerea
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Binomial name | |
Apriona cinerea
Chevrolat, 1852
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Apriona cinerea, also known as the poplar stem borer or the apple stem borer, [1] is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1852. It is known from India and Pakistan. [2] It contains the varietas Apriona cinerea var. newcombei.
An adult beetle is 26-50mm in length [1] and narrower in width at around 15-16mm. [3] They are greyish-yellow, and their underside is black. The antenna are slightly longer than the body, in both males and females. [3]
A. cinerea is native to the western ranges of the Himalayas and in the areas adjoining India and Pakistan. [1]
In India, they are found in north-western states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Hariyana and Punjab. [4]
As for Pakistan, A. cinerea can be found in the Sindh province, [3] in the Peshawar and Parachinar cities of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (also known as the North-West Frontier Province), [1] and Rawalpindi [1] of the Punjab province.