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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Clytini » Placosternus » Mesquite Borer (Placosternus difficilis)
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Mesquite Borer Placosternus difficilis? - Placosternus difficilis
Copyright © 2008 cwmelton

Mesquite Borer Placosternus difficilis? - Placosternus difficilis
NABA IPT, North American Butterfly Association International Butterfly Park, Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 26, 2008
One yellow band on the thorax is not complete as it is in the photos of Mesquite Borer, Placosternus difficulis.
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Contributed by cwmelton on 18 November, 2008 - 12:29pm
Last updated 4 December, 2017 - 3:48pm

Moved
Moved from Longhorned Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 25 December, 2008 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

Placosternus difficilis
You clearly have four transverse bands. I believe that the broken one is probably just rubbed at the center.
… Dennis Haines, 18 November, 2008 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

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