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Currant-tip Borer (Psenocerus supernotatus)
Species
Psenocerus supernotatus
- Currant-tip Borer
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
Desmiphorini
Genus
Psenocerus
Species
supernotatus
(Currant-tip Borer)
Explanation of Names
Psenocerus supernotatus
(Say 1824)
Size
4-8 mm
(
1
)
Identification
Range
e NA (NS-GA to MB-TX) -
Map
(
2
)
(
3
)
(
4
)
, absent from Gulf and s. Atlantic coastal plains
Season
mostly: Apr-July
(
4
)
Food
larvae in decaying branches of various hardwoods/shrubs/vines
(
1
)
Remarks
comes to light
(
3
)
Print References
Phymatodes varius
(Fabricius)
- Range: e. US to AZ
Det. E. G. Riley, 2011
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
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.
Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
4.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by
Phillip Harpootlian
on 4 August, 2005 - 11:10am
Additional contributions by
Matthew Roth
,
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 20 March, 2024 - 2:27pm