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Species Elaphidion mucronatum - Spined Oak Borer

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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 Cerambycinae
Tribe Elaphidiini
Genus Elaphidion
Species mucronatum (Spined Oak Borer)
Explanation of Names
Elaphidion mucronatum (Say 1823)
Size
13‒20 mm(1)
Identification
femoral spines very long
Range
NH‒ON‒MN to FL‒TX; s.AZ(2)(3)
Season
Apr‒Oct(1)
Food
hosts include most eastern hardwoods/shrubs and Taxodium(3)
Remarks
Adults come to lights, bait traps; very common(1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.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.
3.The longhorn beetles (Col.: Cerambycidae) of Kentucky with notes on larval hosts, adult nectar use, and semiochemical attraction
Chapman E.G., Richards A.B., Dupuis J.R. 2022. Zootaxa 5229: 1–89.