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Species Anelaphus debilis

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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 Anelaphus
Species debilis (Anelaphus debilis)
Explanation of Names
Anelaphus debilis (LeConte 1854)
debilis 'weak'
Size
10–17 mm(1)
Range
n. TX to ne. Mexico(2)(BG data)
Season
Mar-Jun, Oct(2)
Food
Larval hosts: Prosopis, Baccharis, Pithecellobium, Celtis, Leucaena, Acacia(2)
Remarks
Commonly collected at lights, at fermenting molasses bait, and by beating larval hosts(2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Review of species of Anelaphus Linsley and its new synonym Gymnopsyra Linsley from the United States and Canada with description
Lingafelter, S. W. 2020. Insecta Mundi 0798:1-30.
2.The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera)
Hovore F.T., Penrose R.L., Neck R.W. 1987. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 44: 283-334.