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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flat-Faced Longhorns (Lamiinae) » Moneilemini » Cactus Long-horned Beetles (Moneilema)

Genus Moneilema - Cactus Long-horned Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
personality beetle - Moneilema armatum personality beetle - Moneilema armatum Opuntia borer - Moneilema gigas Moneilema armatum Which Longhorned Beetle ? - Moneilema semipunctatum Eleodes or Coelocnemis?? - Moneilema Cactus Longhorn, Moneilema corpulenta - Moneilema appressum Cactus Longhorn, Moneilema appressum - Moneilema appressum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorned Beetles)
Subfamily Lamiinae (Flat-Faced Longhorns)
Tribe Moneilemini
Genus Moneilema (Cactus Long-horned Beetles)
Numbers
Nearctic.com lists 6 spp.
Size
Circa 13-37 mm
Identification
Black, with spines on pronotum. Associated with cactus. Some (or all?) species flightless.

Of the six species listed in Nearctica, BugGuide has no photos or information for Moneilema annulata.
Moneilema blapsides has mottled black and white elytra.
Moneilema armatum has antennae with no white markings

Moneilema semipunctatum has antennae with alternating black and white

The remaining two have a white band on the third antennal segment only:
Moneilema appressum has striated elytra

Moneilema gigas has elytra dotted, not striated
Range
Southwestern United States. M. gigas is reported from Arizona. M. armata reported from Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.
Habitat
Deserts with cactus
Season
May-September
Food
Adults feed on cactus, esp. cholla, Opuntia species.
Life Cycle
Larvae feed on cactus.
Remarks
Guide TBA--PC (life history, origin name, range species)
Print References
Olson, #6--M. gigas (1)
Werner, p. 64--M. gigas (2)
Arnett and Jacques, #171--M. armata (3)
Internet References
Desert Ecology of Tuscon
Rearing
Works Cited
1.Corn Earworm Moth
2.Living With Insects of the Southwest: How to Identify Helpful, Harmful and Venomous Insects
By Floyd G. Werner, Carl Olson
3.Simon & Schuster's Guide to Insects
By Dr. Ross H. Arnett, Dr. Richard L. Jacques
Contributed by Cotinis on 28 March, 2005 - 7:50am
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 5 October, 2008 - 12:53pm

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