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Mango stem borer

Batocera rufomaculata (Degeer, 1775)

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The mango stem borer (Batocera rufomaculata) is a species in the family Cerambycidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 22 countries, including Barbados, China and Comoros.

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Quick facts about the mango stem borer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
22 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the mango stem borer live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The mango stem borer is listed for 22 countries.

Puerto RicoIsraelLebanonMadagascarJordanOmanThailandIndiaNepalPakistanIranSyriaTurkeyChinaYemenEgypt
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Barbados
  2. China
  3. Comoros
  4. Egypt
  5. India
  6. Iran
  7. Israel
  8. Jordan
  9. Lebanon
  10. Madagascar
  11. Mauritius
  12. Nepal
  13. Oman
  14. Pakistan
  15. Puerto Rico
  16. Réunion
  17. Seychelles
  18. Syria
  19. Thailand
  20. Türkiye
  21. U.S. Virgin Islands
  22. Yemen

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mango stem borer as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Israel
  2. Mayotte
  3. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the mango stem borer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mango stem borer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCerambycidae
  6. genusBatocera
  7. SpeciesBatocera rufomaculata (Degeer, 1775)

Synonyms Batocera chlorinda, Batocera diana, Batocera horsfieldi var. kuntzeni, Batocera lineolata kuntzeni, Batocera lineolata var. kuntzeni, Batocera polli, Batocera rubra, Batocera rufomaculata, Batocera rufomaculata chlorinda, Batocera rufomaculata polli, Batocera rufomaculata rufomaculata, Batocera rufomaculata thysbe, Batocera rufomaculata var. diana, Batocera rufomaculata var. flavescens, Batocera rufomaculata var. polli, Batocera rufomaculata var. thysbe, Batocera thysbe, Cerambyx cruentatus, Cerambyx rubiginosus, Cerambyx rubus, Cerambyx rufomaculatus

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Mango tree borerEnglish
  • Mango trunk borerEnglish
  • Red-spotted longhorn beetleEnglish
  • লম্বা শুঁড় গুবরে পোকাBangla
  • tropischer ficus-bockkaeferGerman
  • "ton jacques" (créole réunionnais)French
  • יקרונית התאנהHebrew
  • ด้วงบ่าหนามจุดนูนดำThai
  • İncir Teke böceğiTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mango stem borer

Other species in the same genus Batocera.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the mango stem borer live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the mango stem borer for 22 countries, including Barbados, China, Comoros, Egypt and India. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the mango stem borer an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mango stem borer as introduced in 3 countries: Israel, Mayotte and Türkiye, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the mango stem borer?

The mango stem borer (Batocera rufomaculata) belongs to the family Cerambycidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mango stem borer (Batocera rufomaculata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mango-stem-borer

MLA

“Mango stem borer (Batocera rufomaculata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mango-stem-borer.

BibTeX
@misc{mango_stem_borer_2026,
  title = {Mango stem borer (Batocera rufomaculata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mango-stem-borer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}