Genus Batyle

Classification · Numbers · Size · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Mating Long-Horned Beetles - Batyle ignicollis - male - female

red-pronotum black longhorn - Batyle ignicollis

Flower longhorn? Is this a pollinator? - Batyle suturalis

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 Trachyderini

Genus Batyle

Numbers

4 Nearctic species.

Size

7-13 mm.

Food

Larvae feed on branches or twigs of trees, or the stems of herbaceous plants or shrubs, depending on the species. Adults typically feed on flowers.

Print References

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Works Cited

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

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 10 September, 2004 - 5:40am

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