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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Microgoes oculatus

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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 Monochamini
Genus Microgoes
Species oculatus (Microgoes oculatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Microgoes oculatus (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Monohammus oculatus LeConte 1862
Numbers
monotypic genus (1)
Size
8-15 mm (2), rarely over 12 mm (3)
Identification
Range
e. NA (MO-GA-ME-IA) / QC-ON - Map (1)(4)(5), mostly Great Lakes and Appalachia
Habitat
under bark (2)
Season
mostly: Jun-Jul (2)(5)
Food
numerous hardwoods & shrubs; also pine (2)
See Also
Dorcaschema alternatum (Say)
- Range: e. US
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2012
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1862. Note on the classification of Cerambycidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 38-43.
Internet References