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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 » Typocerus » Banded Longhorn (Typocerus velutinus)

Species Typocerus velutinus - Banded Longhorn

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Flower Longhorn - Typocerus velutinus Banded Longhorn - Typocerus velutinus Longhorn Beetle - Typocerus velutinus Beetle - Typocerus velutinus Banded longhorn - Typocerus velutinus Mating beetles on Echinacea - Typocerus velutinus - male - female Banded Longhorn - Typocerus velutinus cerambycid - Typocerus velutinus
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 Typocerus
Species velutinus (Banded Longhorn)
Other Common Names
Longicorne a bandes (French)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
T. velutina
Explanation of Names
Species name "velutinus" is Latin for downy, referring to hairs.
Size
8-14 mm
Identification
Pattern usually distinctive: broad yellow bands on a chestnut background. Sometimes bands are weak. Tends to be larger than several of the other common Flower Longhorns.
Range
Eastern North America
Habitat
Fields, openings, with flowers, adjacent to woodlands.
Season
Late spring-summer. May-August (North Carolina). May-September (northeastern United States)
Food
Adults take nectar and pollen.
Life Cycle
Larvae feed on decaying hardwoods such as oak, hickory. Adults usually found in daytime, but do come to lights, so probably somewhat nocturnal.
See Also
T. zebra, acuticauda, deceptus.
Strangalia luteicornis
Print References
Yanega, p. 42, plate 9 (1)
Dillon, p. 611, plate LX (2)
Brimley, p. 213 (3)
Internet References
Cerambcyids.com
Insects of Cedar Creek
BioClic--(French)
Insects of Quebec--good photos of specimens (French)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
2.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
3.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Cotinis on 23 March, 2004 - 5:20pm
Last updated 7 July, 2006 - 8:27am

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