Species Enaphalodes rufulus - Red Oak Borer

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Long-Horned Beetle - Enaphalodes rufulus

Red Oak Borer Larva - Enaphalodes rufulus

Red Oak Borer (Enaphalodes rufulus) - Enaphalodes rufulus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)

Subfamily Cerambycinae

Tribe Elaphidiini

Genus Enaphalodes (Oak Borer)

Species rufulus (Red Oak Borer)

Explanation of Names

Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman 1847)

Size

14-28 mm(1)(2)

Range

e. NA to AZ (QC-FL to MN-AZ) - Map (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)

Habitat

Deciduous forests

Food

larval hosts: living oaks, sometimes maple(1)

Life Cycle

Two-year life cycle. Eggs are laid beneath the scales of the bark on living oak (or sometimes maple) trees. Larvae feed beneath the bark for the first year, then migrate to heartwood for second year. They overwinter as larvae and pupate in spring, emerge in spring and summer. Can be abundant enough to cause substantial damage at times. Adults come to lights.(7)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

2.	A new species of Enaphalodes Haldeman from Florida (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with review of genus, synonymy, and key to species Lingafelter S.W., Chemsak J.A. 2002. Col. Bull. 56: 569–581.

3.	Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska

4.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

5.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

6.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

7.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

Contributed by Cotinis on 21 July, 2005 - 11:22am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 October, 2021 - 9:21pm

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