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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Acanthoderini » Aegomorphus » Aegomorphus modestus

Species Aegomorphus modestus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Aegomorphus morrisi - Aegomorphus modestus

Stippled Longhorn - Aegomorphus modestus

Long-horned Beetle - Aegomorphus modestus

Aegomorphus modestus? - Aegomorphus modestus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)

Subfamily Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)

Tribe Acanthoderini

Genus Aegomorphus

Species modestus (Aegomorphus modestus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aegomorphus decipiens Haldeman

Explanation of Names

Aegomorphus modestus (Gyllenhal in Schoenherr 1817)

Size

10-16 mm(1)

Identification

somewhat variable in coloration, but the combination of the "M"-shaped elytral markings on a mottled background and strong lateral pronotal spines are distinctive(1)

Range

e. NA (QC-FL to ND-TX); Bahamas(2)(3)

Habitat

Deciduous forests

Food

larvae feed in soft, decaying hardwoods of many spp. as well as pines(1)

Remarks

fairly common; attracted to UV lights and bait traps(1)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

2.	An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.

3.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 24 October, 2005 - 6:57pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, lee_penner
Last updated 16 November, 2020 - 10:52pm

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