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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) » Tetraopini » Milkweed Longhorn Beetles (Tetraopes) » Tetraopes discoideus

Species Tetraopes discoideus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Works Cited
Tetraopes crinitus? - Tetraopes discoideus Milkweed longhorn beetle - Tetraopes discoideus Tetraopes discoideus LeConte - Tetraopes discoideus Horsetail Milkweed Longhorn Beetle - Tetraopes discoideus milkweed longhorn - Tetraopes discoideus Milkweed Beetle? - Tetraopes discoideus Beetle 8mm - Tetraopes discoideus * - Tetraopes discoideus
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 discoideus (Tetraopes discoideus)
Explanation of Names
Tetraopes discoideus LeConte 1858
Range
sw US (CA-TX-KS-CO) to Honduras - Map (1)(2)(3)
Food
Hosts: A. subverticillata, A. verticillata, A. curassavica(1)(4)(5)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.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.
5.The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas.
Lingafelter, S.W. & N.V. Horner. 1993. Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(2): 159-191.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 27 August, 2008 - 1:30pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 13 December, 2019 - 12:29am

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