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Species Tetraopes annulatus

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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 Tetraopini
Genus Tetraopes (Milkweed Longhorn Beetles)
Species annulatus (Tetraopes annulatus)
Explanation of Names
Tetraopes annulatus LeConte 1847
annulatus 'ringed'
Range
Rockies, Plains (AB-AZ to WI-TX)
Habitat
sandy uplands(1)
Food
hosts: A. sullivantii, A. subverticillata, A. speciosa (2)
Asclepias sullivantii, A. subverticillata, A. speciosa, A. tuberosa, A. verticillata, A. viridiflorus
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.The timing of insect/plant diversification: might Tetraopes (Col.: Cerambycidae) and Asclepias (Asclepiadaceae) have co-evolved?
Farrell B.D., Mitter C. 1998. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 63: 553–577.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 23 July, 2007 - 11:08pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 September, 2022 - 7:13pm

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