''Psacothea hilaris'', the yellow spotted longicorn beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by

Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe (1 September 1813 – 20 June 1893) was an English entomologist mainly interested in beetles. Biography He was born in Penzance, Cornwall and trained at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. Appointed surgeon in the Nav ...

in 1857. It is known from North Korea,

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and

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Retrieved on 8 September 2014. It has been introduced to Italy.

Subspecies

* ''Psacothea hilaris botelensis'' Ohbayashi & Ohbayashi, 1965 * ''Psacothea hilaris hilaris'' (Pascoe, 1857) * ''Psacothea hilaris insularis'' Hayashi, 1957 * ''Psacothea hilaris intermedia'' Breuning & Ohbayashi, 1966 * ''Psacothea hilaris iriomotensis'' Hayashi, 1969 * ''Psacothea hilaris ishigakiana'' Ohbayashi & Ohbayashi, 1956 * ''Psacothea hilaris macronotata'' Hayashi, 1956 * ''Psacothea hilaris maculata'' Breuning, 1954 * ''Psacothea hilaris miyakejimana'' Matsushita, 1937 * ''Psacothea hilaris miyakoana'' Ohbayashi & Ohbayashi, 1956 * ''Psacothea hilaris tenebrosa'' Matsushita, 1933 * ''Psacothea hilaris yonaguniana'' Ohbayashi & Ohbayashi, 1956

References

Lamiini Beetles described in 1857 Beetles of Asia Beetles of Europe Taxa named by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe {{Lamiini-stub