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Tetraopes pilosus
Species
Tetraopes pilosus
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
Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe
Tetraopini
Genus
Tetraopes
(Milkweed Longhorn Beetles)
Species
pilosus
(Tetraopes pilosus)
Explanation of Names
Tetraopes pilosus
Chemsak 1963
pilosus
'hairy'
Size
11-17 mm
(
1
)
Identification
Very similar to
T. annulatus
but the integument
including callus
completely obscured by dense whitish/yellowish-gray pubescence
(
1
)
T. annulatus
Range
NE-CO-NM-TX
(
2
)
Habitat
sandy uplands
(
1
)
Season
Jun-Aug
(
3
)
Food
Sand Milkweed (
Asclepias arenaria
), Showy Milkweed (
A. speciosa
and Butterflyweed (
A. tuberosa
)
(
1
)
(
3
)
(
2
)
(BG data)
Works Cited
1.
Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.
The timing of insect/plant diversification: might Tetraopes (Col.: Cerambycidae) and Asclepias (Asclepiadaceae) have co-evolved?
Farrell B.D., Mitter C. 1998. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 63: 553–577.
3.
Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by
Mike Quinn
on 10 December, 2009 - 9:57am
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
v belov
Last updated 15 September, 2022 - 7:18pm