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Phosphorus virescens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Lamiinae
Tribe:	Tragocephalini
Genus:	Phosphorus Thomson, 1857
Species:	P. virescens
Binomial name
Phosphorus virescens (Olivier, 1795)
Synonyms
Tragocephala virescens (Olivier, 1795) Phosphorus robustus Aurivillius, 1914 Prosopocera virescens (Olivier, 1795) Voetia virescens (Olivier, 1795) Cerambix virescens Olivier, 1795 Cerambix angulator Olivier, 1795

Phosphorus virescens is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1795, originally under the genus Cerambix. It has a wide distribution throughout Africa. It is the only species in the genus Phosphorus.

The species is known to damage Cola nitida in cultivation where it is known as the Kola tree borer. Larvae bore through the stems causing death of branches. The yellow coloration on the elytra is fluorescent.

References

1. BioLib.cz - Phosphorus virescens. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
2. "Phosphorus". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
3. "Phosphorus Thomson, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
4. Bezark, Larry G. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the Old World". Retrieved 2024-08-18.
5. Ojo, A. A. (1981). "Investigaciones sobre el control del barrenador del tallo de la cola (Phosphorus virescens Oliver); (Cerambycidae: coleoptera) en Nigeria Occidental". Turrialba. 31 (3): 267–268.
6. Van Hooijdonk, Eloise; Barthou, Carlos; Vigneron, Jean Pol; Berthier, Serge (2013). "Yellow structurally modified fluorescence in the longhorn beetles Celosterna pollinosa sulfurea and Phosphorus virescens (Cerambycidae)". Journal of Luminescence. 136: 313–321. doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2012.12.022.

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