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Species Brachyleptura rubrica

Brachyleptura rubrica - male - female flower longhorn beetle - Brachyleptura rubrica Longhorn Beetle - Brachyleptura rubrica Longhorn Beetle - Brachyleptura rubrica cerambycid 1 - Brachyleptura rubrica Brachyleptura rubrica? - Brachyleptura rubrica Long-horned Beetle on Hydrangea - Brachyleptura rubrica Brachyleptura rubrica - male - female
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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Lepturini
Genus Brachyleptura
Species rubrica (Brachyleptura rubrica)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Brachyleptura rubrica (Say)
Orig. Comb: Leptura rubrica Say, 1824
Size
10-18 mm
Identification
Pronotum sharply angled, almost square, at the front. Elytra orange. Antennae prominently banded.
Range
e. NA - Map (1), uncommon across the se US
Habitat
Deciduous forests
Season
May-August (northeastern North America). April (North Carolina Sandhills). June-July (North Carolina Mountains).
Food
Adults come to flowers.
Life Cycle
Breeds in decaying deciduous trees, such as hickory, beech, oak (2).
See Also
Brachyleptura spp. - Cerambycidae Catalog
Print References
Yanega, p. 31, fig. 68 (2)
Dillon, p. 616, plate LXI--Anoplodera rubrica (3)
Brimley, p. 212 (4)
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
3.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.
4.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.