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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) » Cerambycinae » Clytini » Neoclytus » Red-Headed Ash Borer (Neoclytus acuminatus)

Species Neoclytus acuminatus - Red-Headed Ash Borer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet 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 Cerambycinae
Tribe Clytini
Genus Neoclytus
Species acuminatus (Red-Headed Ash Borer)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Callidium acuminatus Fabricius 1775
Numbers
2 sspp., both in our area(1)
Size
4-13 mm (2)
Identification
markings distinctive; note the thickened antennal tips
Range
much of NA:
N. a. acuminatus e. NA to NB-TX [introduced in Europe, now widespread (3)];
N. a. hesperus w. NA(1)
Season
Adults fly Mar-Oct in e. NA (2)
Food
Larvae feed on the sapwood of ash and other hardwoods, and even occasionally on vines and shrubs (2). Larvae are common in downed timber with the bark left on.
Life Cycle
Overwinters in infested tree trunks, probably as pupae; adults emerge in early spring and lay eggs under bark of recently dead trees
Remarks
Comes to lights (2)
Internet References
Fact sheets: OK State U., Solomon et al.
Works Cited
1.A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World
2.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
3.Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe
By A. Roques et al., eds
Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 6 September, 2004 - 7:34pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 April, 2012 - 10:43pm

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