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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) » Phytoeciini » Oberea » Raspberry Cane Borer (Oberea affinis)

Species Oberea affinis - Raspberry Cane Borer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Works Cited
Raspberry Cane Borer - Oberea affinis Longhorn Beetle - Oberea affinis Oberea affinis Leng & Hamilton - Oberea affinis Oberea affinis Leng & Hamilton - Oberea affinis Oberea affinis Coleoptera - Oberea affinis Oberea affinis - Raspberry Cane Borer - Oberea affinis Oberea affinis - 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 Phytoeciini
Genus Oberea
Species affinis (Raspberry Cane Borer)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
may be synonymous with O. perspicillata(1)
Explanation of Names
Oberea affinis Dejean 1835
affinis 'similar, related'
Size
10-16 mm(2)
Range
e NA north to NS-MB(3)(1)
Food
Larvae bore stems of living blackberry (Rubus, Rosaceae)(1)
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
2.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by tom murray on 28 June, 2005 - 6:46pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2020 - 7:25pm

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