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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 » Strangalepta » Strangalepta abbreviata

Species Strangalepta abbreviata

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Strangalepta
Species abbreviata (Strangalepta abbreviata)
Size
10-14 mm
Identification
Variable, usually has stripe on elytra, but may be all black--see print references. Yanega (1) says:
"It has a relatively globose pronotum (without an apical collar as in Pidonia), which, like the elytra, is weakly punctate, with short pubescence."
Range
Eastern North America
Habitat
forests, presumably
Season
May-August
Life Cycle
larvae feed in decaying conifers, deciduous tree (1)
Print References
Yanega, p. 38, Fig 182a-b (1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, cotinis
Last updated 20 October, 2008 - 8:23pm

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