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Species Mecas confusa - Poplar Gall Borer

Mecas confusa Chemsak & Linsley - Mecas confusa

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 Phytoeciini

Genus Mecas

Species confusa (Poplar Gall Borer)

Explanation of Names

Mecas confusa Chemsak & Linsley 1973

Identification

Note: tarsal claws with inner tooth almost as long as outer (1)

Det. L. E. Bezark, 1992

Range

TX-KS (and possibly further east) - Map (2)(3)

Season

April-June (2)

Life Cycle

larval host: Heterotheca sp., probably subaxillaris (Asteraceae) (2)

Remarks

Type Locality: Luling, Gonzales Co., Texas (1)

See Also

Mecas cineracea Casey - Range: Great Plains to AZ

Print References

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1973. The genus Mecas LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 39: 141-184.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	The Cerambycidae of North America, Part VII, No. 2: ... subfamily Lamiinae, tribes Acanthocinini through Hemilophini. E. Gorton Linsley & John A. Chemsak. 1995. University of California Publications in Entomology 114: 1-292.

2.	The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera) Hovore F.T., Penrose R.L., Neck R.W. 1987. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 44: 283-334.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 19 December, 2009 - 10:33am
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Last updated 2 June, 2023 - 12:00am

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