Homelix decussata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1856, originally under the genus Pachystola. It is known from Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, and the Republic of the Congo. It feeds on Coffea canephora.[1]

Homelix decussata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Homelix
Species:
H. decussata
Binomial name
Homelix decussata
(Chevrolat, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Homelix decussatus m. inornatus Téocchi & Sudre, 2003
  • Pachystola decussata Chevrolat, 1856
  • Homelix decussatus (Chevrolat, 1856) (misspelling)
  • Hypomelix decussatus (Chevrolat, 1856) (misspelling)

References

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  1. ^ BioLib.cz - Homelix decussata. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.