Chlorida festiva

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| taxon = Chlorida festiva

| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

| synonyms = * Cerambyx festivus Linnaeus, 1758

• Cerambyx spinosus Degeer, 1775 (Preocc.)
• Cerambyx sulcatus Sulzer, 1776
• Cerambyx africanus Voet, 1778 (Unav.)

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Chlorida festiva, the festive longicorn, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.Bezark, Larry G. [http://plant.cdfa.ca.gov/byciddb/bycidview.asp A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827211041/http://plant.cdfa.ca.gov/byciddb/bycidview.asp |date=27 August 2013}}{{Catalogue of Life

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}} It is known from southeastern United States, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. Adult males produce (6E,8Z)-6,8-pentadecadienal, an attractant pheromone.{{cite journal |last1=Silva |first1=Weliton D. |last2=Millar |first2=Jocelyn G. |last3=Hanks |first3=Lawrence M. |last4=Bento |first4=José Maurício S. |title=(6E,8Z)-6,8-Pentadecadienal, a Novel Attractant Pheromone Produced by Males of the Cerambycid Beetles Chlorida festiva and Chlorida costata |journal=Journal of Chemical Ecology |volume=42 |issue=10 |year=2016 |doi=10.1007/s10886-016-0742-7 |pmid=27515934 |pages=1082–1085|bibcode=2016JCEco..42.1082S |s2cid=25903609 }} In Puerto Rico the larvae are known to be leaf mining pests of mango crops.{{cite journal |last1=Parrotta |first1=John A. |title=Mangifera indica L. Mango. Res. Note SO-ITF-SM-63. |date=1993 |doi=10.13140/RG.2.1.1600.7760 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288324258}}