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Species Dorcasta cinerea

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Cerambycidae - Dorcasta ? - Dorcasta cinerea Dorcasta cinerea (Horn) - Dorcasta cinerea Cool Longhorn... - Dorcasta cinerea 829W05 Dorcasta cinerea - Dorcasta cinerea Dorcasta cinerea on dried silverleaf nightshade leaf - Dorcasta cinerea Dorcasta cinerea on dried silverleaf nightshade leaf - Dorcasta cinerea Dorcasta cinerea (Horn) - Dorcasta cinerea Longhorn Beetle - Dorcasta cinerea

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 Apomecynini
Genus Dorcasta
Species cinerea (Dorcasta cinerea)

Other Common Names

Ashen Bycid

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dorcasta cinerea (Horn)
Orig. Comb: Aegilopsis cinerea Horn 1860

Explanation of Names

cinerea (L). 'ashes'

Size

6-11 mm(1)

Range

KS to e. NM to ne. Mex. - Map (2)

Season

Jun-Nov(3)(BG data)

Food

Stem borers of living herbaceous plants(3)

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.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 26 June, 2008 - 6:08pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 18 October, 2025 - 9:10am

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