Species Cosmosalia chrysocoma

Classification · Pronunciation · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Flower Longhorn Beetle - may be Sub Family Lepturinae - Cosmosalia chrysocoma

golden flower longhorn - Cosmosalia chrysocoma

Crossidius hirtipes cerarius? - Cosmosalia chrysocoma

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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorns)

Tribe Lepturini

Genus Cosmosalia

Species chrysocoma (Cosmosalia chrysocoma)

Pronunciation

cry-so-CO-ma

Size

10-20 mm

Identification

The very dense, appressed, metallic golden pubescence is quite distinctive(1)

Range

Canada, n. & w. US to n. Mexico(2)

Season

Adults fly Jun-Sep

Food

Larvae eat decaying wood, both hardwoods and conifers

Print References

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) By Douglas Yanega

2.	A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 12 June, 2005 - 7:08am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 16 January, 2012 - 12:05am

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