Species Ecyrus dasycerus

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

gray tones w/ hight black belt - Ecyrus dasycerus

Ecyrus dasycerus For Illinois In June - Ecyrus dasycerus

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 Pogonocherini

Genus Ecyrus

Species dasycerus (Ecyrus dasycerus)

Other Common Names

Author of this species is (Say, 1826).

Size

4 to 10 mm.

Identification

"Variable in size, and darker and lighter variants occur, but the combination of body shape and the dark, inverted arc-like marking at the elytral base is distinctive (though the mark is sometimes faint)." (1)

Season

"Flight: April-August in Eastern North America." (1)

Food

variety of hardwoods, esp. oak.

Remarks

"Attracted to UV lights." (1)

Print References

Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles by Douglas Yanega (1)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) By Douglas Yanega

Contributed by Matthew Roth on 4 July, 2006 - 10:50am

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