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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

Typocerus Longhorn - Typocerus velutinus

Brown and Yellow Beetle - 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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