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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) » Cerambycinae » Callichromatini » Plinthocoelium » Bumelia Borer (Plinthocoelium suaveolens)

Species Plinthocoelium suaveolens - Bumelia Borer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Plinthocoelium sp. - Plinthocoelium suaveolens

Bumelia borer - Plinthocoelium suaveolens - male

Bumelia borer - Plinthocoelium suaveolens

unable to identify in any guides - Plinthocoelium suaveolens

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 Cerambycinae

Tribe Callichromatini

Genus Plinthocoelium

Species suaveolens (Bumelia Borer)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Plinthocoelium suaveolens (Linnaeus)

Orig. Comb: Cerambyx suaveolens Linnaeus 1768

Numbers

Two spp. n. of Mex. recognized, but P. schwarzi may actually be a subspecies.

Size

25-40 mm

Identification

Large, metallic green, bronze, or blue (highly variable). Femora red.

Range

se US to AZ / Mex. - Map (GBIF, BG data)

Season

mostly May-Aug (GBIF, BG data)

Life Cycle

Larvae are trunk and root borers of Tupelo (Nyssa), Gum Bully (Sideroxylon (=Bumelia)), and Mulberry (Morus).

Remarks

Adults are attracted to UV lights and rarely to bait.

See Also

Plinthocoelium schwarzi (Fisher) - has dark upper femora

- Range: s. TX

Det. D. Heffern, 2009

Print References

Yanega, p. 52, figs. 219a-b (1)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2007

Cerambycidae of Florida

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 30 October, 2005 - 8:33pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 July, 2020 - 12:51pm

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