Species Saperda imitans

Saperda imitans Felt & Joutel 1904

15 Nearctic spp. of this Holarctic genus (1)

body 10-16 mm (2)

elytra dark gray with orange or orangish-red stripe along lateral margin (stripe extends onto side of pronotum and head), and 3 oblique bands of the same color extending toward - but not touching - medial margin; middle band "free-floating" (its distal end is blunt and doesn't touch lateral stripe, and its proximal end is pointed and doesn't touch medial margin); no colored stripe along medial margin; elytral surface slightly rough but not deeply punctate; undersurface pale brownish-white; legs medium gray

Det. M. E. Rice, 1980

e. NA (OK-FL-QC-WI) - Map (3)

deciduous forests and woodlots

May-July (4)

Larvae feed in various dead hardwoods including Carya, Prunus, Salix (4)

Rare (4), much less frequently encountered than S. tridentata or lateralis, and poorly represented in collections.

Type Locality: nr New York City (5)

S. tridentata has 4 black dots on elytra, and colored bands that extend inward to touch medial margin; anterior band transverse (not oblique), and middle band touches lateral stripe

S. lateralis has darker gray or blackish elytra with reddish-orange stripe along lateral and medial margins, and (usually) no colored bands; elytral surface deeply punctate

Felt, E.P., & L.H. Joutel. 1904. Monograph of the genus Saperda. New York State Museum Bulletin 74(20): 3–86. Full Text

Cerambycidae Catalog

presence in Oklahoma; list - Oklahoma State U.

distribution in Canada; PDF doc - list of provinces (Cerambycidae: in Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska)