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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) » Flat-Faced Longhorns (Lamiinae) » Onciderini » Twig Girdling Beetles (Oncideres) » Mesquite Girdler (Oncideres rhodosticta)

Species Oncideres rhodosticta - Mesquite Girdler

Classification · Identification · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References
Mesquite Girdler, Oncideres rhodosticta - Oncideres rhodosticta Longhorn beetle on Desert Broom - Oncideres rhodosticta - male Longhorn beetle on Desert Broom - Oncideres rhodosticta - male Mequite Girdler, female - Oncideres rhodosticta - female Mesquite Girdler - Oncideres rhodosticta Mesquite Girdler - Oncideres rhodosticta insect with orange dots - Oncideres rhodosticta Oncideres rhodosticta
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 Lamiinae (Flat-Faced Longhorns)
Tribe Onciderini
Genus Oncideres (Twig Girdling Beetles)
Species rhodosticta (Mesquite Girdler)
Identification
Distinguished from O. cingulata by three black dots on thorax, O. pustulata by much smaller size
Habitat
forest
Season
August through October
Food
twigs of Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) and Acacia spp.
Internet References
Texas Entomology
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 31 May, 2006 - 6:36am
Additional contributions by Joshua Stuart Rose
Last updated 24 September, 2007 - 3:44pm

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