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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) » Flower Longhorn Beetles (Lepturinae) » Lepturini » Judolia » Judolia instabilis

Species Judolia instabilis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Flower Longhorns - Judolia instabilis - male - female Flower Longhorned Beetle - Judolia instabilis Judolia sp - Judolia instabilis Desert beetle - Judolia instabilis - female Coleoptera - Judolia instabilis - female Coleoptera - Judolia instabilis Genus Judolia? - Judolia instabilis Longhorn Flower Bettle - Judolia instabilis
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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Lepturini
Genus Judolia
Species instabilis (Judolia instabilis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Judolia instabilis (Haldeman) 1847
Syn: Anoplodera instabilis (Haldeman)
For complete synonymy see Biolib .
Numbers
10 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
6 - 15 mm (2)
Identification

Rather variable, with elytral patterns ranging from all-black to pale yellow with black spots (see Internet References below for photos of type specimen).
Range
w. N. Amer. / NW Mex. (1)
Season
mostly: Jun-Aug (BG data)
Life Cycle
Larvae feed on pines.
See Also
Judolia cordifera--found in East, but possibly some overlap in range
Print References
Yanega, p. 34, figs. 84a, 84b (3)
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
2.Field Guide to Beetles of California
Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.
3.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 December, 2007 - 9:10am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hartmut Wisch, Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 1 October, 2019 - 12:09am

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