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Species Xylotrechus colonus - Rustic Borer

Wood -boring Beetle - Xylotrechus colonus

Xylotrechus colonus - Xylotrechus colonus

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 Cerambycinae

Tribe Clytini

Genus Xylotrechus

Species colonus (Rustic Borer)

Numbers

One of 22 Nearctic species of Xylotrechus.

Size

8-16 mm.

Identification

Broad pale markings on elytra. Narrow sinuate band at base of elytra is distinctive.

Range

Eastern North America

Habitat

Typically deciduous forests

Season

April to October in Eastern North America. Likewise reported April-October at lower elevations in North Carolina, May-August in mountains.

Food

Larvae feed under the bark (occasionally in the bark) of hickory and other hardwoods, also pine.

Remarks

Often attracted to UV lights.

Print References

Yanega, p. 123, fig. 129 (1)

Dillon, p. 602, plate LIX (2)

Brimley, p. 215 (3)

Papp, p. 213, fig. 712 (4)

Arnett et al., p. 305, fig. 713A (5)

Sikes, p. 212 (6)

Beal, p. 111, plate 24 fig. 2 (7)

Baker, p. 202, fig. 70 (8)

Internet References

Forestry Images

Cerambycidae of Florida

Insects of Cedar Creek

Works Cited

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

2.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

3.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

4.	Introduction to North American Beetles By Charles S. Papp

5.	How to Know the Beetles By Ross H. Arnett, N. M. Downie, H. E. Jaques

6.	The Beetle Fauna of Rhode Island, an Annotated Checklist By Derek Sikes

7.	Forest Insects of the Southeast By James A. Beal

8.	Eastern Forest Insects By Whiteford L. Baker

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 6 September, 2004 - 7:19pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 7 September, 2005 - 7:45pm

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