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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flower Longhorn Beetles (Lepturinae) » Rhagiini » Gaurotes » Gaurotes cyanipennis

Species Gaurotes cyanipennis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Green Metallic Beetle - Gaurotes cyanipennis flower longhorn - Gaurotes cyanipennis Mating purple and green beetles - Gaurotes cyanipennis - male - female Beetle - Gaurotes cyanipennis Cerambycidae, lateral - Gaurotes cyanipennis Gaurotes cyanipennis Beetle - Gaurotes cyanipennis Gaurotes cyanipennis
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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Rhagiini
Genus Gaurotes
Species cyanipennis (Gaurotes cyanipennis)
Explanation of Names
Gaurotes cyanipennis (Say, 1824)
Size
9-13mm
Identification
Comes in 2 color phases, smooth metalic purple or green. Legs yellow. Elytra smooth, pronotum tapers gradually.
Range
Canada to Georgia, possibly beyond. Found in Europe also.
Habitat
In or near wooded areas, and visiting flowers in fields.
Season
May-August (eastern North America). April-June (North Carolina).
Food
Adults found on flowers, so take pollen and/or nectar.
Life Cycle
Larvae feeds beneath bark of deciduous trees and shrubs.
Print References
Dillon, p. 619, plate LXI (1)
Yanega, p. 32, fig. 29 (2)
Brimley, p. 212 (3)
Internet References
Insects of Quebec
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection--15 pinned, including specimens from that state
Works Cited
1.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.
2.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
3.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by tom murray on 1 November, 2005 - 8:15pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Phillip Harpootlian, mfdigiro
Last updated 10 February, 2023 - 2:28pm

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