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Velvet Longhorned Beetle (Trichoferus campestris)
Species
Trichoferus campestris
- Velvet Longhorned Beetle
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
Hesperophanini
Genus
Trichoferus
Species
campestris
(Velvet Longhorned Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Trichoferus campestris
(Faldermann 1835)
Range
native to, and widespread across e. Palaearctic (west to w. Russia), adventive in NA (QC)
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Food
polyphagous, recorded from ~40 genera of woody conifers and angiosperms
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Life Cycle
2 or more years
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Remarks
earliest record in our area: QC 2002
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Internet References
fact sheet
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Works Cited
1.
Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), an Asian wood-boring beetle recorded in North America
Grebennikov V.V., Gill B.D., Vigneault R. 2010. The Coleopterists Bulletin 64(1): 13–20.
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Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) resource and collaboration site
Contributed by
v belov
on 26 February, 2014 - 6:56pm