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Homelix variegata

species of beetle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 17, 2025
Entity authorityQ14831524 ↗
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Homelix variegata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1894. It is known from the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon. It feeds on Coffea canephora.

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The public source identifies “Homelix variegata” as species of beetle. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Homelix, variegata and species.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1894—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Homelix, variegata and species providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 17, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q14831524. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1894.

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This entry incorporates text from “Homelix variegata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.