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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) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Monochamini » Neoptychodes » Neoptychodes trilineatus

Species Neoptychodes trilineatus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

From Portal AZ - Neoptychodes trilineatus

Neotychodes trilineatus? - Neoptychodes trilineatus

Arizona Cerambycid for ID - Neoptychodes trilineatus

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 Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)

Tribe Monochamini

Genus Neoptychodes

Species trilineatus (Neoptychodes trilineatus)

Other Common Names

Fig Tree Borer

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neoptychodes trilineatus (Linnaeus)

Orig. Comb: Cerambyx trilineatus Linnaeus 1771

Numbers

1 sp. n. of Mex. (1)

Identification

Range

AZ, Houston to sw. Alabama / W. Indies / Mex. to S. Amer. - Map (2)(3), plus Miami (BG data)

Season

mostly Jun-Oct (BG data)

Food

Although Ficus is the primary host, larvae also develop in Alnus, Morus, Salix, Celtis. (2)

Life Cycle

Eggs are laid in small holes chewed through the bark. The larvae feed at first beneath the bark and then bore into the heartwood, constructing long tunnels.(4)

Their life cycle requires several years to complete.(4)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

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

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 14 June, 2007 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Marci Hess
Last updated 22 October, 2023 - 1:42pm

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