''Aristobia reticulator'' is a species of

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in the family Cerambycidae. It is known from

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. It feeds on ''

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'', '' Quercus acutissima'', '' Prunus salicina'', and '' Nephelium mutabile''. Many references list the name as ''Aristobia testudo'', but this name, though published earlier, is unavailable under the

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, primarily in that Johann Eusebius Voet's 1778 work giving the name ''testudo'' fails to fulfill the requirement in ICZN Article 11.4 that a work must be consistently binomial; none of Voet's 1778 names, including ''testudo'', are available.

Description

This species has a black body with yellow spots, and black tufts on the basal antennomeres, similar to the related species '' Aristobia approximator''; however, ''A. approximator'' has tufts only on the 3rd antennal segment, while ''A. reticulator'' has tufts on segments 3, 4, and sometimes 5.

References

Lamiini Beetles of Asia Beetles described in 1781 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{Lamiini-stub