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Compsocerus violaceus

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| genus = Compsocerus

| species = violaceus

| authority = (White, 1853)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=2013-08-27 }}. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.

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| Compsocera aulica | Thomson, 1861

| Compsocerus aulicus | Burmeister, 1879

| Compsocerus equestre | Viana, 1972

| Compsocerus equestris | Monné & Zajciw, 1970

| Compsocerus igneus | Lacordaire, 1869

| Compsocerus thyrsophorus | Gemminger & Harold, 1872

| Orthostoma violaceum | White, 1853

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Compsocerus violaceus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It occurs in South America, being common in southern Brazil, northern Argentina and Uruguay.{{cite journal | last1 = Garcia | first1 = F. R. M. | last2 = Corseuil | first2 = Elio | title = Flutuação populacional de cerambicídeos e escarabeídeos (Coleoptera) em pomares de pessegueiro no município de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul | journal = Revista da FZVA | volume = 5/6 | issue = 1 | pages = 69–81 | year = 1998–1999 | language = Portuguese | url = http://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fzva/article/view/1986/0}}{{open access}}{{cite journal | last1 = Gonzalez | first1 = O. E. | last2 = Di Iorio | first2 = O. R. | title = Plantas hospedadoras de Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) en el noreste de Argentina | journal = Revista de Biología Tropical | volume = 44–45 | issue = 3–1 | pages = 167–175 | year = 1996–1997 | language = Spanish | url = http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/21998/22180}}{{open access}}

Agricultural pest

Compsocerus violaceus is considered an agricultural pest, attacking several cultivated tree species, such as acacias, eucalypts, willows, fig trees, citrus trees and peach trees. Eggs are laid on tree trunks, usually inside small fissures in the bark. After eclosion, the larvae build a gallery below the bark in branches with diameters between 2 and 6 cm and start to feed on the wood, taking about 10 months to become adults. Adults have been reported to feed on fruits, flowers, and sap leaking from injured tree trunks.{{cite journal | last1 = Garcia | first1 = A. H. | title = Ocorrência de danos de Compsocerus violaceus (White, 1853) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) em pomar de citros | journal = Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical | volume = 24 | number = 1 | pages = 148–153 | year = 1994| language = Portuguese}}{{open access}}

Species that serve as host for Compsocerus violaceus include:{{cite journal | last1 = Machado | first1 = Vanessa S. | last2 = Botero | first2 = Juan P. | last3 = Carelli | first3 = Allan | last4 = Cupello | first4 = Mario | last5 = Quintino | first5 = Hingrid Y. | last6 = Simões | first6 = Marianna V. P. | title = Host plants of Cerambycidae and Vesperidae (Coleoptera, Chrysomeloidea) from South America | journal = Revista Brasileira de Entomologia | volume = 56 | issue = 2 | year = 2012 | pages = 186–198 | issn = 1806-9665 | doi = 10.1590/S0085-56262012005000029| doi-access = free }}{{open access}}

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References

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External links

  • [https://earthlingnature.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/friday-fellow-violaceous-longhorned-beetle/ Friday Fellow: Violaceus longhorned beetle] at Earthling Nature.

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Category:Compsocerini

Category:Beetles described in 1853