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University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
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Species Eburia quadrigeminata - Ivory-marked Beetle

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 Cerambycinae
Tribe Eburiini
Genus Eburia
Species quadrigeminata (Ivory-marked Beetle)
Other Common Names
Four-marked Ash Borer
Size
12-25 mm
Identification
Distinctive ivory-white marks on elytra.
Range
Southern/eastern Canada, Eastern United States
Habitat
Deciduous forests
Season
Spring-Summer. April-September (Northeast). June-July (August, September?), October (North Carolina).
Print References
Arnett (2)
Dillon, plate LIX. (3)
Deyrup, photo on page 110 (4)
Papp, fig. 701. (5)
Salsbury, p. 220--photo (6)
Brimley, p. 210 (7)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
3.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
4.Florida's Fabulous Insects
By Mark Deyrup, Brian Kenney, Thomas C. Emmel
5.Introduction to North American Beetles
By Charles S. Papp
6.Insects in Kansas
By Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White
7.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley