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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) » Flower Longhorns (Lepturinae) » Lepturini » Cosmosalia » Cosmosalia chrysocoma

Species Cosmosalia chrysocoma

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Season · Food · Print References · Works Cited
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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Moved by some authors to a subgenus under Lepturobosca, but not the dominant view.
Numbers
One of two Nearctic species; the other is C. nigrolineata.
Size
10-20 mm.
Identification
"The very dense, appressed, metallic golden pubescence is quite distinctive."(1)
Season
Adults fly June-September.
Food
Larvae eat decaying wood, both hardwoods and conifers.
Print References
(1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 12 June, 2005 - 7:08am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 12 July, 2007 - 10:21am

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