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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) » Blackened Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes melanurus)

Species Tetraopes melanurus - Blackened Milkweed Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 melanurus (Blackened Milkweed Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Tetraopes melanurus Schönherr 1817
Size
7-12 mm(1)
Identification
Distinctive heavy marks on elytra, in addition to spots. Weak callus on pronotum. Antennae all dark.
Range
e US (NY-MI-FL-MS) (2)
Season
mostly Jul-Aug. (BG data)
Food
adults and larva on Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa(1); some appear to be on Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca (BG data)
Print References
Nishio, S., Blum, M.S., Takahashi, S. 1983. Intraplant distribution of cardenolides in Asclepias humistrata (Asclepiadaceae), with additional notes on their fates in Tetraopes melanurus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and Rhyssomatus lineaticollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Memoirs of the College of Agriculture, Kyoto University 122: 43-52.
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Cerambycidae of Florida
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn. 2007
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Cotinis on 11 July, 2005 - 7:05am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 January, 2017 - 11:36am

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