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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Long-horned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flower Longhorns (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

Silver Star Mountain Beetle 3 - Judolia instabilis - female

sub-alpine cerambycid - Judolia instabilis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Subfamily Lepturinae (Flower Longhorns)

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.	A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World

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
Last updated 6 September, 2013 - 9:41am

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