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Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle (Anastrangalia laetifica)
Species
Anastrangalia laetifica
- Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle
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.
Contributed by
tom murray
on 9 July, 2006 - 8:39am
Additional contributions by
Phillip Harpootlian
,
Hartmut Wisch
,
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
,
PaleoJon
Last updated 13 November, 2022 - 5:13pm