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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) » Dorcaschematini » Dorcaschema » Mulberry Borer (Dorcaschema wildii)

Species Dorcaschema wildii - Mulberry Borer

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Flat-faced longhorn - Dorcaschema wildii

finally got one… - Dorcaschema wildii - male

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 Dorcaschematini

Genus Dorcaschema

Species wildii (Mulberry Borer)

Explanation of Names

Dorcaschema wildii Uhler, 1855

Size

15-23 mm (1)

Identification

white lateral lines running from the head backwards, small scattered black spots (1)

Det. D. Heffern, 2012

Range

ec. US (e. TX to Chicago to FL Panhandle) - Map (2), mostly e. Great Plains

Season

May-Aug (2)

Food

Mulberry (Morus)

Life Cycle

Eggs are deposited in niches chewed in the bark. Young larvae feed between the bark and the wood, destroying cambium in 2" square areas. After 1-3 months, they bore into the wood. Their galleries angle upward and inward for a couple of inches and then bend back toward the surface; they are close together and often overlap.(3)

Overwinter as larvae(3)

Life cycle varies between 1-2 years(3)

See Also

Small Mulberry Borer - Dorcaschema alternatum (Say) - yellow-orange stripping (1)

- Range: e. US

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2012

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

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

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 26 June, 2008 - 5:14pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Marci Hess
Last updated 27 July, 2023 - 3:58pm

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