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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) » Saperdini » Saperda » Poplar-gall Saperda (Saperda inornata)

Species Saperda inornata - Poplar-gall Saperda

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

gray longhorned beetle - Saperda inornata

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 Saperdini

Genus Saperda

Species inornata (Poplar-gall Saperda)

Explanation of Names

Saperda inornata Say 1824

Size

8-13 mm(1)

Identification

typically has vague lateral stripes of thickened pubescence on the pronotum(1)

Range

ne NA (NS-WS), AZ, CO - Map (2)(1)(3)(4), mostly ne NA

Food

larvae in live poplars, willows(1)(3)

Life Cycle

forms small galls in branches, saplings(1)(3)

Print References

Nord J.C., Grimble D.G., Knight F.B. (1972) Biology of Saperda inornata [S. concolor] (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in trembling aspen, Populus tremuloides. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 65: 127-135.

Wilson L.F., Ostry M.E. (1980) How to identify and prevent injury by the poplar-gall Saperda. USDA Forest Service, North Central Forest Exp. Sta. St. Paul, MN. 6 pp.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

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

2.	Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.

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)

Contributed by tom murray on 17 June, 2006 - 8:28am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 2 June, 2023 - 12:30pm

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