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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) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Tetraopini » Phaea » Phaea monostigma

Species Phaea monostigma

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Phaea monostigma (Haldeman) - Phaea monostigma

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 Tetraopini

Genus Phaea

Species monostigma (Phaea monostigma)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phaea monostigma (Haldeman)

Orig. Comb: Oberea monostigma Haldeman 1847

Numbers

2 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Size

7-10 mm (2)

Identification

Callus variably darkened (2)

Range

e US to e TX - Map (2)(3)(4)(D. Heffern, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2021)

Season

May-July (2)(3)

Food

Larvae feed in living stems of Morning-Glory - Ipomoea pandurata (5)

Remarks

Uncommon (3)

Print References

Chemsak, J.A. 1999. Revision of the genus Phaea Newman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Occasional Papers of the Consortium Coleopterorum 3(1): 36-101.

Haldeman, S.S. 1847. Material towards a history of the Coleoptera Longicornia of the United States. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 10: 27-66.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Cerambycidae of Florida - Michael Thomas, FSCA (archived link)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

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

3.	Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	Larval host plant records, distributional records, and biological information on North American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Heffern, D.J., J. Vlasak, and R.L. Alten. 2018. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 72(4): 739-751.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 January, 2010 - 7:32am
Last updated 9 September, 2021 - 10:28am

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