Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Cyllene difficilis Chevrolat 1862
Range
CA-FL / south to Honduras / Cuba, Bahamas
(2)Season
February to November, mostly spring and fall in south Texas (Hovore et al. 1987)
Mostly July through October in North Texas (Lingafelter & Horner 1993)
Food
Larval hosts: Prosopis, Acacia, Pithecellobium, Platanus, Citrus, Leucaena (Hovore et al. 1987)
Life Cycle
Adults are active day and night, running rapidly along freshly cut branches of their host plants and feeding on the blossoms of Koeberlinia, Acacia, Baccharis, Bumelia, Clematis, and Solidago (Hovore et al. 1987)
Remarks
Adults come to lights and bait.
Print References
Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-344, 20 figs.
Lingafelter, S.W. & N.V. Horner. 1993. The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(2): 159-191.
Internet References
Texas Beetles - Mike Quinn
Placosternus difficilis - Florida State Collection of Arthropods
