Acalolepta permutans is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1857, originally under the genus Monohammus. It is known from Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, and China. It feeds on Albizia julibrissin.[1]

Acalolepta permutans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Tribe: Lamiini
Genus: Acalolepta
Species:
A. permutans
Binomial name
Acalolepta permutans
(Pascoe, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Dihammus permutans (Pascoe) Breuning, 1943
  • Monochammus severini Nonfried, 1892
  • Monohammus permutans Pascoe, 1857
  • Monohammus vicinus Pascoe, 1858

Subspecies edit

  • Acalolepta permutans occidentalis (Breuning, 1958)
  • Acalolepta permutans okinawana (Gressitt, 1951)
  • Acalolepta permutans paucipunctata (Gressitt, 1938)
  • Acalolepta permutans permutans (Pascoe, 1857)

References edit

  1. ^ BioLib.cz - Acalolepta permutans. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.