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Species Anastrangalia laetifica - Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle

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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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Lepturini
Genus Anastrangalia
Species laetifica (Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leptura lugens LeConte 1859 & many more syns.(1)
Explanation of Names
Anastrangalia laetifica (LeConte 1859)
Size
7-13 mm(1)
Identification
Male elytra mostly uniform dark, female elytra red with black spots
♂♀ • ♂, brown form • ♀♀
Range
w NA
Season
Apr-Aug(1)
Food
hosts: Pinaceae(1)
Works Cited
1.Cerambycidae of North America. Part VI, No. 2. Taxonomy and classification of the subfamily Lepturinae.
E. Gorton Linsley and John A. Chemsak. 1976. 1976. University of California Press, Berkeley.