Species Oberea praelonga

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Works Cited

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 Oberea

Species praelonga (Oberea praelonga)

Explanation of Names

Oberea praelonga Casey 1913

Size

8-16 mm(1)

Identification

quite variable in coloration: the elytra sometimes are paler down the middle, the antenna are sometimes paler toward the tip, the legs are often pale, the basal pronotal spot is sometimes reduced or missing, the head is sometimes pale and some abdominal segments are often paler (see image)

Range

ne NA(1)

Season

v-vii(1)

Food

host: dogwood(1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 21 April, 2010 - 6:20pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 1 July, 2017 - 6:39pm

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