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Species Lepturges pictus

Representative Images

Longhorn Beetle - Lepturges pictus Flat-faced Longhorned Beetle - Lepturges pictus Brown longhorned beetle with black spots - Lepturges pictus Lepturges pictus? - Lepturges pictus Long-horned Beetle - Lepturges pictus Lepturges pictus pair - Lepturges pictus Longhorn Beetle - Lepturges pictus Small Longhorn Beetle - Lepturges pictus

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 Acanthocinini
Genus Lepturges
Species pictus (Lepturges pictus)

Explanation of Names

Lepturges pictus (LeConte 1852)
pictus = 'painted'

Size

8-11 mm(1)

Identification

Elytra with dark markings incomplete and divided over lateral margin:(2)

Range

e. NA - Map (1)(3)

Season

May-Aug(2)

Food

hosts: Celtus, Juglans, Carya(1)(2)

Life Cycle

comes to lights(1)

Remarks

Uncommon(2)

See Also

L. symmetricus: dark markings over most of lateral elytral margin; host: Tilia(2)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Ted C. MacRae on 25 May, 2010 - 6:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 28 May, 2025 - 12:13pm

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