''Epepeotes ambigenus'' is a species of

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in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1841. It is known from

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and the

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. It feeds on ''

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Subspecies

* ''Epepeotes ambigenus ambigenus'' (Chevrolat, 1841) * ''Epepeotes ambigenus formosanus'' Breuning, 1943

References

ambigenus Beetles described in 1841 {{Lamiini-stub