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For the United States & Canada

Species Methia necydalea

Longhorn? - Methia necydalea Methia necydalea (Fabricius) - Methia necydalea BG2621 E4987 - Methia necydalea Long-horned Beetle ? - Methia necydalea Methia necydalea  - Methia necydalea Cerambycid - Methia necydalea Florida Cerambycid - Methia necydalea Beetle - Methia necydalea
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 Cerambycinae
Tribe Methiini
Genus Methia
Species necydalea (Methia necydalea)
Explanation of Names
Methia necydalea (Fabricius 1798)
Size
4‒9 mm(1)(2)
Range
se US (NC‒FL to AR‒TX) to Belize / W. Indies - Map (3)(4)(5), particularly common in FL
Season
June-Sept outside of FL (BG data)
Food
on cypress (Taxodium spp., Cupressaceae) (2)
Print References
Philips T.K., Ivie M.A. (1998) The Methiini of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with notes on the circum-Caribbean species. Entomologica Scandinavica 29: 57‒88.
Internet References