Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb:
Cerambyx cinctus Drury, 1773.
Yanega (1996) speculates that at least one more species and one subspecies are yet to be named
(1)Identification
Markings may be absent. Scutellum much longer than broad.
"There are no other NE longhorns of similar size and coloration that have strong spines on the femora, pronotum, and elytral apices."
(1)Season
Adults fly March through September in e. US; start flying in February in TX per photos here
Food
Larvae feed on dead and seasoned branches/limbs of hardwoods, including oak and hickory.
Juglans, Carya, Castanea, Quercus, Celtis, Pyrus, Sapindus, Salix (Linsley 1962), Prosopis (Hovore & Giesbert 1976), Citrus (Dean 1953), Leucaena (Hovore & Penrose 1982)
Life Cycle
Eggs are laid in crevices in the bark, or directly into the wood; larvae feed the first season beneath the bark, then head deeper into the wood
(4)Remarks
Lingafelter & Horner (1993) collected 122 specimens in light-traps, from lights, syrup traps, pool skimmer baskets, and from the trunks of trees.
Print References
Dean, H.A. 1953. Long-horned beetles that attack Citrus in the lower Rio Grande valley of Texas. Journal of Economic Entomology, 46(1): 174.
Hovore, F.T. & E.F. Giesbert. 1976. Notes on the ecology and distribution of western Cerambycidae. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 30(4): 349-360.
Hovore, F.T. & R.L. Penrose 1982. Notes on Cerambycidae coinhabiting girdles of Oncideres pustulata LeConte. Southwestern Naturalist, 27(1): 23-27.
Lingafelter, S.W. & N.V. Horner. 1993. The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(2): 159-191.
Linsley, E.G. 1962. The Cerambycidae of North America. Part III. Taxonomy and classification of the subfamily Cerambycinae, tribes Opsimini through Megaderini. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol., 20: 1-188, 56 figs.
