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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Molorchini » Molorchus » Molorchus bimaculatus

Species Molorchus bimaculatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

long antenna insect - Molorchus bimaculatus

Longhorn Beetle? - Molorchus bimaculatus

Cerambycidae, dorsal - Molorchus bimaculatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)

Subfamily Cerambycinae

Tribe Molorchini

Genus Molorchus

Species bimaculatus (Molorchus bimaculatus)

Explanation of Names

Molorchus bimaculatus Say 1824

Numbers

many subspecies of questionable validity(1); all three se US subspecies (bimaculatus, corni, semiustus) can be found on the same tree at the same time. Their status should be reassessed. (2)

Size

5-12 mm(1)

Identification

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Range

e. NA to Great Plains - Map (1)(3)(4)

Season

mostly: Mar-Jun (BG data)

Food

Larvae mine dead branches of numerous hardwoods and grapevine(5);

adults feed on flowers including Sumac, Wild Cherry, Apple, Dogwood, etc.(1)(6)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

2.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

3.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.

6.	The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas. Lingafelter, S.W. & N.V. Horner. 1993. Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(2): 159-191.

Contributed by Stephen_WV on 11 September, 2004 - 8:06am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 January, 2020 - 5:43pm

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